Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Chiron Academic Press - The Original Authoritative Edition) Paperback – January 11, 2016

Amazing read, and recommendable. Wittgenstein tried to spell out precisely what a logically constructed language can (and cannot) be used to say. Its seven basic propositions simply state that language, thought, and reality share a common structure, fully expressible in logical terms.On Wittgenstein's view, the world consists entirely of facts. (Tractatus 1.1) Human beings are aware of the facts by virtue of our mental representations or thoughts, which are most fruitfully understood as picturing the way things are. (Tractatus 2.1) These thoughts are, in turn, expressed in propostitions, whose form indicates the position of these facts within the nature of reality as a whole and whose content presents the truth-conditions under which they correspond to that reality. (Tractatus 4) Everything that is true—that is, all the facts that constitute the world—can in principle be expressed by atomic sentences. Imagine a comprehensive list of all the true sentences. They would picture all of the facts there are, and this would be an adequate representation of the world as a whole. Tractatus, however, not only provides a way to structure our knowledge about the world, but also provokes to develop a critical contradiction with a non-factual or emotioanl sphere of human nature.

This is just one important book in philosophy you must read. Read it slow and let it simmer and brew in your consciousness. I was taught,”if you think you understand it after only reading it once, you’re probably Mia understanding it.”

This book is the cognitive equivalent of a good physical workout - an exercise machine for the brain. It exercises the mental muscles and is an excellent routine for keeping those gears working, even if it has few practical applications.

You cannot be a "philosopher" without reading this book

A difficult text to grasp but serves as a necessary introduction to language. To logic. What do we mean when we say, what do we say when we mean? Are both clauses similar or equal? Wittgenstein to introduces a vast topic for learning.

The print is very light.

One of the best treatises of last century. I don't know how his philosophy is doing nowadays, but I bet that his thesis of constructing a logically perfect language so that we say things clearly and, if not, be silent, has nailed something. Maybe analytical philosophy is long gone, but their influence lives on.

One of the most influential books of the first half of the twentieth century and alongside Philosophical Investigations sets the standard for analytical philosophy's immense influence on modern theory. Wittgenstein basically demolishes metaphysical pretensions that derive from the reification of language.

Not an easy read. I would recommend reading Ray Monk’s book on Wittgenstein before reading either this book or Philosophical investigations. It would probably have ‘set the scene ‘ better in my mind, but that’s just a personal opinion

This is a unique book about logic which even non logician can understand if read with due consideration. Excellent peice of work and the way Wittgenstein presented is unique in representation.

Imprescindible

Meine persönliche interssanteste Erkenntnis des Buches war, dass unser Vorstellungsvermöngen durch unsere Sprache begrenzt ist. Odef in anderen Wortdn, dass es unmöglich ist sich etwas vorzustellen dass keinen Bezug zu unserer Realität hat.

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