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The Ghost of a Theory of Language in the Tractatus
Andreas Georgallides
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2022.03.002
University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
The Tractatus seems to promise a theory of language, which can clarify the relations between language and the world. At the same time, the terminology of the work remains indeterminate and as a result, the supposed theory, which constitutes part of the paradox of the work, does not allow any correlations between the elements of language and elements of the world. Therefore, it is not clear how language could have sense, something that a theory of language would explain us. However, in the Tractatus, Wittgenstein seems to be interested in something deeper than in simply formulating a theory.
Tractatus, theory, analysis, object, form, mysticism
Andreas Georgallides. (2022). The Ghost of a Theory of Language in the Tractatus. Philosophy Study, March 2022, Vol. 12, No. 3, 125-130.
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