“CO JE DOSAŽITELNÉ ZE ŽEBŘÍKU, MĚ NEZAJÍMÁ”. ANALÝZA A KRITIKA RESOLUTNÍ INTERPRETACE LOGICKO-FILOSOFICKÉHO TRAKTÁTU

• Authors: Tomáš Došek

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“Anything that can be reached with a ladder does not interest me”. The analysis and criticism of the resolute reading of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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This paper surveys a new approach to interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus – the resolute reading. The proponents of the resolute interpretation (especially Cora Diamond and James F. Conant) have argued that the central point of Tractatus is § 6.54. The reading of the section should be resolute, which means that the sentences in Tractatus are simply nonsense. Thus the Tractatus’ aim is not a theory or doctrine of aspects of reality, language or their relation. On the other hand, the main point of the text should be elucidation of the reader’s points. The paper analyses two assumptions in the resolute reading and submits criticism of them. The basis of the criticism is to verify the validity of resolute reading’s assumptions by reference to Notebooks, Prototractatus, correspondence and some manuscripts and typescripts from the Tractatus period in Wittgenstein’s thinking.

Keywords

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ELUCIDATION; INTERPRETATION; RESOLUTE READING; TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS; WITTGENSTEIN

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 222 - 250

Contributors

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Tomáš Došek

• Katedra filozofie, Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Palackého, Křížkovského 12, 771 80 Olomouc, Czech Republic