Is clarification enough? Some remarks on the reception of proposition 4.112 from the Tractatus Cover Image

Este suficientă claritatea? Câteva considerații despre receptarea propoziției 4.112 din Tractatus
Is clarification enough? Some remarks on the reception of proposition 4.112 from the Tractatus

Author(s): Constantin Stoenescu
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophy of Language
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Wittgenstein; Tractatus; philosophy; analysis; clarity;

Summary/Abstract: In sentence 4.112 of the Tractatus, Wittgenstein defines philosophy as an activity of logical clarification of thoughts. My aim in this study is a limited historical one, namely, to present the most significant reactions of Wittgenstein’s contemporary philosophers to this statement. I believe that the main attitudes were expressed by Russell in his lectures on logical atomism, by Ramsey in his review of the Tractatus, by Schlick in two studies in which he enthusiastically adhered to the conception proposed by Wittgenstein, and by Price at a conference entitled “Clarity is not Enough?”

  • Issue Year: XIV/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 47-70
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Romanian