Single Idea 23500

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic]

Full Idea

The great problem around which everything turns that I write is: is there an order in the world a priori, and if so what does it consist in?

Gist of Idea

My main problem is the order of the world, and whether it is knowable a priori

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Notebooks 1914-1916 [1915], 15.06.01)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Notebooks 1914-1916 (2nd ed)' [Blackwell 1979], p.53


A Reaction

Morris identifies this as a 'Kantian question'. I trace it back to stoicism. This question has never bothered me. It just seems weird to think that you can infer reality from the examination of your own thinking. Perhaps I should take it more seriously?

Related Ideas

Idea 23485 No pictures are true a priori [Wittgenstein]

Idea 23501 There is no a priori order of things [Wittgenstein]