'TRACTATUS': THE CONCEPTION OF NATURAL LAWS

• Authors: Dolak A.
• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with Wittgenstein's conception of the status of scientific laws (in particular the laws of natural sciences), as presented in his 'Tractatus logico-philosophicus'. The author finds Kantian motifs in the conception, namely conceiving scientific laws as an a priori contribution of reason. According to Wittgenstein, however, there could be many of such a priori 'grids', some of them simple, the other more complete, but none of them can be declared to be the definitive and the only accurate one. This is how Wittgenstein argues against another Kant's contribution, in particular against conceiving scientific laws as something universal and apodictically valid.

Keywords

EN

LOGICAL ATOMISM; METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LAW; WITTGENSTEIN L.

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 301-304
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dolak A.

• A. Dolak, Katedra filosofie FF MU, Brno, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04298363