In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein presents his philosophical ideas in a very hesitant way, conscious of the difficulty in attaining certainty in this area.
In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein presents his philosophical ideas in a very hesitant way, conscious of the difficulty in attaining certainty in this area.
He says: "The truth of the thoughts here set forth seems to me unassailable and definitive. I thereby believe myself to have found, on all essential points, the final solution of the problems."
In presenting his ideas in such a confident way, Wittgenstein was very unlike his teacher and colleague, Bertrand Russell.
In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein presents his philosophical ideas in a very hesitant way, conscious of the difficulty in attaining certainty in this area.
He says: "The truth of the thoughts here set forth seems to me unassailable and definitive. I thereby believe myself to have found, on all essential points, the final solution of the problems."
In presenting his ideas in such a confident way, Wittgenstein was very unlike his teacher and colleague, Bertrand Russell.