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Single Idea 10905

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives ]

Full Idea

My fundamental idea is that the 'logical constants' do not represent; that the logic of facts does not allow of representation.

Gist of Idea

My fundamental idea is that the 'logical constants' do not represent

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 4.0312)

Book Ref

'Truth and Truth-Making', ed/tr. Lowe,E.J./Rami,A. [Acumen 2009], p.22

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A Reaction

This seems to a firm rebuttal of any sort of platonism about logic, and implies a purely formal account.