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That’s effectively what Wittgenstein was saying in the Tractatus, only to turn around and repudiate all of it in the Philosophical Investigations—at the end of
by voidhorse 6y ago
That’s effectively what Wittgenstein was saying in the Tractatus, only to turn around and repudiate all of it in the Philosophical Investigations—at the end of the day, logical systems based on the manipulations of symbols are one thing while the messy reality of being human and living is quite another.
- alexashka 6y ago> logical systems based on the manipulations of symbols are one thing while the messy reality of being human and living is quite another. There has to be a lot of overlap, or else we wouldn't bother with logic and coherence in our everyday lives :) If we want predictive powers that we can communicate and play with, logic systems seem to be the best practical tool we've come up with.