Single Idea 23485

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 11. Denying the A Priori]

Full Idea

There are no pictures that are true a priori.

Gist of Idea

No pictures are true a priori

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 2.225)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Pears)', ed/tr. Pears,D. /McGuinness,B. [RKP 1961], p.10


A Reaction

This is part of the growing modern doubts about the scope or possibility of a priori knowledge. A 'picture' here is the mental model which is the meaning of a proposition.

Related Idea

Idea 23481 Propositions assemble a world experimentally, like the model of a road accident [Wittgenstein]