tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36235418.post117267030504234566..comments2022-11-14T06:40:41.662-08:00Comments on Tractatus Blogico-Philosophicus: DRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08332954000692559637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36235418.post-1172678917591646872007-02-28T08:08:00.000-08:002007-02-28T08:08:00.000-08:00Thanks. If he only had a vague idea of what he ha...Thanks. If he only had a vague idea of what he had in mind when he wrote the Tractatus, then this could explain the shortcoming that Black points out.DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332954000692559637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36235418.post-1172675274475134792007-02-28T07:07:00.000-08:002007-02-28T07:07:00.000-08:00Cf. Philosophical Grammar, p. 211:Formerly I mysel...Cf. Philosophical Grammar, p. 211:<BR/><BR/>Formerly I myself spoke of a 'complete analysis', and I used to believe that philosophy had to give a definitive dissection of propositions, so as to set out clearly all their connections and remove all possibilities of misunderstanding. I spoke as if there was a calculus in which such a dissection would be possible. I vaguely had in mind something like the definition that Russell had given for the definite article, and I used to think that in a similar way one would be able to use visual impressions [<I>Gesichtsbildern</I>], etc. to define the concept, say, of a sphere."N. N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05983492370711591794noreply@blogger.com