Re:The Limits of Language
by nine_k on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @11:19AM
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I got deeper into it, but it's still dense, I couldn't get through to the end.
It's notable how hard it is to write a logically strict and abstract text without using the language of mathematics. It could be so much clearer and shorter if he used formulas to express his key points. Apparently Wittgenstein knew plenty enough math, but he decided not to use it, I suppose, to make his work more accessible to those not so well-versed in it, that is, most other philosophers.
It's notable how hard it is to write a logically strict and abstract text without using the language of mathematics. It could be so much clearer and shorter if he used formulas to express his key points. Apparently Wittgenstein knew plenty enough math, but he decided not to use it, I suppose, to make his work more accessible to those not so well-versed in it, that is, most other philosophers.