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Calling something "manifest nonsense" while not understanding it, or even attempting to understand it, seems like a clear example of "manifest nonsense" to me.
by keiferski 3y ago
Calling something "manifest nonsense" while not understanding it, or even attempting to understand it, seems like a clear example of "manifest nonsense" to me.
- lisper 3y agoYou apparently failed to note this sibling comment: > Wittgenstein himself states that the Tractatus is nonsense in its closing pages. > My propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally recognizes them as senseless...
- keiferski 3y agoSenseless and nonsense are not the same thing, and if you had read the book, you’d understand this.