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Prerequisites to reading Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus

thaumasnot December 31, 2021 at 16:22 1625 views 2 comments
Hello,

I started to read Wittgenstein's Tractatus logico-philosophicus but was stopped by some formal logic notation. What would you recommend I should read to understand the notation ? Thank you in advance !

Comments (2)

Banno December 31, 2021 at 20:28 #637359
There's this:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267638339_Wittgenstein%27s_Tractatus_logico-philosophicus_glossary_of_mathematical_and_logical_symbols

But it is not really for first readers.

There are various guides to the tractatus. See for instance https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/tractatus/summary/

thaumasnot December 31, 2021 at 23:23 #637416
The first link seems nice, thanks.