Welty, Ivan (2021) Incompatibility, inconsistency, and logical analysis in Tractatus Logico- Philosophicus. [Preprint]

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Statements of degree appear to falsify basic doctrines in Tractatus Logico- Philosophicus. I offer a fresh formulation of the challenge and assess a solution proposed on Wittgenstein's behalf by Sarah Moss. I find that Moss's proposal fails. The proposal rides in part on novel interpretations of pronouncements by Wittgenstein on the nature of the elementary proposition. I find that the interpretations cannot be sustained but that Moss's textual case hints at important and overlooked features of the Tractarian program. I develop Wittgenstein's comparison of propositions to measuring instruments and apply it throughout, showing that it captures philosophical commitments in Tractatus that otherwise tend to slip from view.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Welty, Ivan 0000-0002-6210-6746
Keywords:	Color incompatibility problem; elementary propositions; logical analysis; logical space; rational reconstruction; simples; solipsism; Tractatus; Wittgenstein
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism General Issues > Models and Idealization
Depositing User:	Ivan Welty
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2021 14:26
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2021 14:26
Item ID:	18913
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1007/s11229-021-03157-w
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism General Issues > Models and Idealization
Date:	15 April 2021
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18913

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