Ideas from 'Notebooks 1914-1916' by Ludwig Wittgenstein [1915], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Notebooks 1914-1916 (2nd ed)' by Wittgenstein,Ludwig [Blackwell 1979,0-6311-2499-3]].

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

18274

Analysis complicates a statement, but only as far as the complexity of its meaning

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

16908

We can dispense with self-evidence, if language itself prevents logical mistakes [Jeshion]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

18276

A statement's logical form derives entirely from its constituents

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

6563	'And' and 'not' are non-referring terms, which do not represent anything [Fogelin]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms

23472

The sense of propositions relies on the world's basic logical structure

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 5. A Priori Synthetic

23500

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

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self

22323

The philosophical I is the metaphysical subject, the limit - not a part of the world

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental

23481

Propositions assemble a world experimentally, like the model of a road accident

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

4678	Absolute prohibitions are the essence of ethics, and suicide is the most obvious example