Book | Chapter
The logic of our language
pp. 1-17
Abstract
Wittgenstein wrote in the Tractatus that "logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror–image of the world." 1 In line with his suggestion that a proposition is a "picture', Wittgenstein argued that propositions "show' the logical structure of the real. He was insistent, however, that "the apparent logical form of a proposition need not be its real one." 2 As a result of this we can misunderstand the structure of fact. Philosophical problems arise just when "the logic of our language is misunderstood."3
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Arrington Robert L, Burkholder Peter M., Dubose Shannon, Sallis John (1967) Philosophical logic. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 1-17
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-3497-5_1
Full citation:
Arrington Robert L (1967) The logic of our language, In: Philosophical logic, Dordrecht, Springer, 1–17.