What 3.3 tells us about 3.333?

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-4012.2019.1.29903

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Context Principle, Russell’s Paradox, Theory of Symbolism

Abstract

This paper presents an exegetical hypothesis about the relation between propositions 3.3 and 3.333 of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The touchstone of this exegetical hypothesis is that, in the interpretation of these propositions, faithfully follow what Wittgenstein said about the numbering of the Tractatus propositions - which has the consequence that 3.333 would be an observation relative to proposition 3.33, and this, an observation to the proposition 3.3. This interpretation aims to show how the context principle, formulated in 3.3, helps in the solution of the Russell’s paradox, which has its solution enunciated in 3.333.

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2019-07-11

How to Cite

Silva, R. (2019). What 3.3 tells us about 3.333?. Intuitio, 12(1), e29903. https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-4012.2019.1.29903

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Epistemologia e Metafísica