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That it is written is a condition for me to comment not a cause that leads necessarily to me commenting. The conclusion follows from the premises, the...

As I understand it, it is the state of being of the virtuous person that is actualized. This is the case whether one acts on that knowledge or not. Bu...

It is, rather, the case that your lack of understanding leads you to assume intellectual dishonesty, contradiction, and hypocrisy on my part. It is ta...

This is what Wittgenstein is objecting to. Objects relate to each other. x is not an object. Plato does not relate to x, he relates to Socrates. a (Pl...

It is not an act of knowing but a state of knowledge. This state is not achieved by knowing abot something. From the IEP: Aristotle ties this all toge...

From the IEP article Aristotle:Ethics He goes on to say: The formulation "virtue is knowledge" does not mean passive knowledge of what virtue is. It i...

reply="Paine;722207"] I'm with Tom. An explanation would be helpful.

You accuse me of being intellectually dishonest and yet expect me to help you understand what you clearly do not. Here is what you said, emphasis adde...

That is why the best philosophy retains a comic element.

It may be that the ideal conditions under which anything can be explained are not human conditions. We are limited animals who often go about unaware ...

Yes, both. He has other fish to fry with the saying/showing distinction, but it is not clear to me where Banno stands when he says:

You want to participate in a discussion of Wittgenstein but refuse to read what he said. Read him and see if my interpretation follows from what he sa...

One thing that should not be overlooked is that, as with the question of justice in the Republic, the question of virtue is of concern to those who ra...

I originally included these when writing my post but decided to eliminate them before posting because I wanted to stress the fact that these relations...

Yes, the picture shows the relation. My point is that there is a relation that is pictured, that is, the relation are not just part of the picture. Th...

How is self-knowledge related to poverty and wealth? Is it the inverse of the popular belief that being wise leads to financial wealth? That those who...

I don't think this is correct. The way in which the objects combine is the relation one stands to another. A fact is not just a collection of objects ...

Logic is the transcendent condition for both objects and their representation. In so far as the facts of the world include our representations, the wo...

Many scholars recognize the value of hermeneutics. You mistake what you take the terms 'accident' and 'necessity' to mean for what the terms mean in t...

This is Aristotle's formulation. What 'the mean' means, however, is not so simple. For more see Joe Sachs article on Aristotle's Ethics in the IEP Her...

How do you know if it is a "legitimate" form of spirituality? What does legitimate mean here? Is it sufficient to have an experience and call it Gnosi...

Since this is a thread on Wittgenstein, we need to be clear as to what he is saying about necessity and accident. Your own view seems to be along the ...

Off topic so I will keep this brief. A few things that have shaped western views: The "pre-Socratic" search for what is first or elemental - fire, wat...

I think Wittgenstein is still working to disentangle the confusion of the Tractarian logic. When he says pain in not "a Something" ,I take this to mea...

I might have a better offer. I might forget. I might change my mind and conclude that I am wasting my time.

Not empirical proof that I was alone, but pursuing the possibility I was not alone. Yes, someone can feel alone even when other people are around. To ...

What one find tolerable or intolerable is not something that must be put to the test. Whatever it is one might be able or unable to cope with has no d...

Wanting to does not mean I have to. Intending to does not mean I would necessarily end up doing what I intend to do. That is logically necessary, but:...

Obviously it happened. It is not, however, necessary that this would happen thought. His notebooks might never have been published. It is not necessar...

It is not what I mean, it is what Wittgenstein said. In an earlier response to you I quoted the following from the Tractatus:

No. It means that the way things are is not by necessity.

I quoted the text in order to support what you said. quote="Sam26;720827"]It sounds like you're saying that meaning is found in the proposition ... If...

What is often overlooked is what I have bolded: In terms of the Tractatus meaning (Bedeutung) is the thing that is referred to in a proposition. Logic...

Metaphysical claims are nonsense but: The metaphysical self is not part of the world (5.633), and so claims about it are meaningless (Bedeutung). That...

Thought has a transcendental logical structure. You cannot think illogically (3.03) The relations of simple objects share this logical structure. The ...

My concern here is understanding Wittgenstein. It seems clear to me from the many references that he did regard music as a kind of language. Addressin...

I think it more accurate to say that the language of music is like a language of words. Both are languages but not the same language. In the Notebooks...

Plato sets up what is at issue in Socrates' opening statement. He attributes the Thessalians' reputation for wisdom to their love of the sophist Gorgi...

But he gives no examples of using simple names. He struggles with this in the Notebooks 1914-16:

Those who support a resolute reading.

Is this nonsense? What does that mean? Is it not true that the world is all that is the case? Toward the end of the Tractatus he says: Is this nonsens...

The statement continues: Thinking is a kind of language because it is a logical picture of the proposition. This kind of language, however, need not b...

Consequentialism is related to phronesis, practical wisdom. Deliberation regarding ends and practical means to achieve them. It is opposed to Kant's n...

@"RussellA" What do you make of this? Where does language enter the picture?

From the preface: A thought is expressed in language. This does not mean that a thought is language. The expression, language, is not what is expresse...

Scholars have been debating the meaning of the text ever since it was published, but you read an article in the SEP and went from: to declaring you ha...

I am reminded of something William Buckley once said:

Wittgenstein uses the terms 'Sinn' in two different ways. What is "meaningful", as used in the SEP article, is what has a referent in the world. But w...

And what does this mean? Hint: do not assume it means what you think it does based on how it is used elsewhere.

You said: States of affairs are not opposed to objects, they are objects in actual as opposed to possible states of affairs. The possibility to combin...