Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein
page 44 of 101 (43%)
page 44 of 101 (43%)
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4.26 If all true elementary propositions are given, the result is a complete description of the world. The world is completely described by giving all elementary propositions, and adding which of them are true and which false. For n states of affairs, there are possibilities of existence and non-existence. Of these states of affairs any combination can exist and the remainder not exist. 4.28 There correspond to these combinations the same number of possibilities of truth--and falsity--for n elementary propositions. 4.3 Truth-possibilities of elementary propositions mean Possibilities of existence and non-existence of states of affairs. 4.31 We can represent truth-possibilities by schemata of the following kind ('T' means 'true', 'F' means 'false'; the rows of 'T's' and 'F's' under the row of elementary propositions symbolize their truth-possibilities in a way that can easily be understood): 4.4 A proposition is an expression of agreement and disagreement with truth- possibilities of elementary propositions. 4.41 Truth-possibilities of elementary propositions are the conditions of the truth and falsity of propositions. |
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