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Title: The Determination of Form by Syntactic Employment: a Model and a Difficulty
Author(s): Johnston, Colin
Contact Email: colin.johnston@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: 20th Century Philosophy
Wittgenstein Ludwig
logical form
syntax
isomorphism
symbol
sign
Issue Date: 2008
Date Deposited: 20-Mar-2013
Citation: Johnston C (2008) The Determination of Form by Syntactic Employment: a Model and a Difficulty. In: Hieke A & Leitgeb H (eds.) Papers of the 31st IWS, volume 16. 31st International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 10.08.2008-16.08.2008. Kirchberg am Wechsel: ALWS (Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society), pp. 156-158. http://wab.uib.no/ojs/agora-alws/article/view/1546
Abstract: This paper develops a model for understanding the Tractarian doctrine that a sign insyntactic use determines a form. This doctrine is found to be in tension withWittgenstein's agnosticism with regard to forms of reality.
URL: http://wab.uib.no/ojs/agora-alws/article/view/1546
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