Abstract. This presents the Epimenides and some related paradoxes with a brief history. It is then argued that the paradoxes arise from mistaken assumptions about what the relevant problem sentences say. For example, one paradox has the sentence A: “The sentence A is not true” and two premises: (i) that a sentence is true iff…
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CONSTANTIN STOENESCU, Este suficientă claritatea? Câteva considerații desprereceptarea propoziției 4.112 din Tractatus
Abstract. In sentence 4.112 of the Tractatus, Wittgenstein defines philosophy as an activity of logical clarification of thoughts. My aim in this study is a limited historical one, namely, to present the most significant reactions of Wittgenstein’s contemporary philosophers to this statement. I believe that the main attitudes were expressed by Russell in his lectures…
JAMES CARGILE, Russell’s Formal Logic
Abstract. Russell’s formal logic has been criticized by some formal logicians as not having fully precise syntax (form). However, he is guided by the principle of formal logic, (Form) that proof depends entirely on form, independently of content. This is a profoundly questionable view of proof. It conflicts with recognizing that (i) “The set of…
GHEORGHE ŞTEFANOV, Wittgenstein despre sensul lumii în Tractatus 6.41 – O analiză critică
Abstract. The following text constitutes a critical analysis of 6.41, from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. As I have understood it, the paragraph contains an argument (central toWittgenstein’s book) meant to support the conclusion at 6.421: “It is clear that ethicscannot be expressed. (…)”. In what follows I aim to do three things. First, I will talk aboutthe…
MIRCEA FLONTA, O a doua critică a rațiunii teoretice? Conceptul cunoașterii înTractatus
Abstract. Is there a relationship between the goals pursued and presented in the Critiqueof Pure Reason and in Tractatus logico-philosophicus? This text argues that such a relationshipwill be ascertained if we will compare Kant’s answer to the question “How are synthetic apriori judgments possible?” with the Tractarian answer to the question “How are propositionsof natural…
CONSTANTIN STOENESCU, Editor’s Note / Nota Editorului
The articles in Romanian gathered in this issue that were authored by professors Flonta and Ştefanov were delivered as talks at the “Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Prima sută de ani” conference, organized by the Romanian Academy’s “Constantin Rădulescu-Motru” Institute of Philosophy and Psychology, and which took place on November 26 th , 2021.The article in…