Sterrett, Susan (2004) Pictures of Sounds: Wittgenstein on Gramophones and the Logic of Depiction. [Preprint]

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The year that Ludwig Wittgenstein was born in Vienna, 1889, nearby developments already underway portended two major changes of the coming century: the advent of controlled heavier-than-air flight and the mass production of musical sound recordings. Before they brought about major social changes, though, these innovations appeared in Europe in the form of children’s toys. Both appeared in Europe in time for Ludwig’s childhood and both reappear in his work as an adult. The relationship between the advent of flight and Wittgenstein’s claim in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus that a proposition is a picture, is a topic in its own right (Sterrett 2000, 2002). In this essay, I consider the way Wittgenstein employed some kinds of sound recordings (but not others) in discussing logical form in the Tractatus.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Sterrett, Susan
Keywords:	Models, Language, Logic of Depiction, Wittgenstein, Logical structure, Pictorial Form, Picture
Subjects:	General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
Depositing User:	Dr Susan G. Sterrett
Date Deposited:	05 Jul 2004
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:12
Item ID:	1815
Subjects:	General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
Date:	July 2004
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1815

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