Platonism In the Tractatus

Idealistic Studies 2 (1):51-80 (1972)
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In the Tractatus Wittgenstein espouses a theory of mind and knowledge that is like Plato’s: he exhibits the theory as he argues that propositional signs picture states of affairs. That is the conclusion for which I shall argue in this paper.

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10.5840/idstudies1972213

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