# 4.113 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

> Chapter companion for Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

## What happens

Philosophy defines the boundaries of what can be meaningfully debated within natural science.

## Themes in this chapter

### Critique of Traditional Philosophy

Philosophy's role is to delimit the domain of scientific discourse, not to compete with it.

## Key lines

> Philosophy limits the disputable sphere of natural science.

Philosophy sets the boundaries for what can be argued about in natural science.

_Philosophy restricts the scope of scientific debate._

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