TRACTARIAN OBJECTS IN THE STRUCTURAL SETTING

• Authors: Schmidt Martin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper is to argue that the ontological setting of objects in Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus' is a version of structural realism. According to our plan, one of the opening statements of the Tractatus - The world is the totality of facts, not of things - introduces structuralist perspective: structures are superior to their constituents. However, structuralists use the notion 'superior' in various senses, but this paper argues that the Tractatus places its objects within the framework of ontic structural realism in its moderate form. That form puts structures and individuals on the same ontological footing. Such thesis contradicts traditional object-ontology that dominates Tractarian literature.

Keywords

EN

ONTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL REALISM; TRACTATUS; WITTGENSTEIN LUDWIG

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• 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: 2009
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 328-343
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Schmidt Martin

• Martin Schmidt, Katedra filozofickych vied, Fakulta humanitnych vied Univerzity Mateja Bela, Tajovskeho 40, 974 01 Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic; www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/organon

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09SKAAAA07044