Ideas from 'Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Tractatus' by Michael Morris [2008], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Tractatus' by Morris,Michael [Routledge 2008,978-0-415-35722-7]].

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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

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Interpreting a text is representing it as making sense

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence

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Bipolarity adds to Bivalence the capacity for both truth values

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification

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Conjunctive and disjunctive quantifiers are too specific, and are confined to the finite

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Discriminating things for counting implies concepts of identity and distinctness

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To count, we must distinguish things, and have a series with successors in it

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Counting needs to distinguish things, and also needs the concept of a successor in a series

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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There must exist a general form of propositions, which are predictabe. It is: such and such is the case