Elementary Propositions in Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Resource
國立臺灣大學哲學論評, 7, 055-090
Journal
國立臺灣大學哲學論評
Journal Issue
7
Pages
055-090
Date Issued
1984-01
Date
1984-01
Author(s)
Liu, F.T.
Abstract
This is the fourth paper in my continuing research on Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. The Tractatus theory of language has mainly two components: the “picture theory” and the “truth-function theory”. Elementary propositions is one of the basic concepts essentially connected with these two theories. In this paper I attempt a thorough study of the concept of elementary propositions. I identify and articulate seven basic features of elementary propositions. In addition to examining the accounts of other researchers on these basic features, I contribute what I call the metaphysical language formulized in the philosophy of the Tractatus, and the coordinate diagram of elementary propositions, to account for elementary propositions.
Type
journal article