“It’s not difficult, Manuel. This is not a proposition from Wittgenstein.” –Basil Fawlty
“Yes, it is.” — Me
Introduction
As the odd book title suggests, Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is very intimidating. He did not write for a general audience. He wrote for a handful of fellow logicians who already knew and understood Boole, Frege and Russell. As a result his short declarative sentences are dropped in situ without much in the way of context or explanation. Continue reading “Wittgenstein’s Tractatus”