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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
5.1511 explained
Wittgenstein asserts that there is no special object unique to probability propositions, indicating that probability is not a distinct entity but rather a logical relation.
What happens
Wittgenstein asserts that there is no special object unique to probability propositions, indicating that probability is not a distinct entity but rather a logical relation.
Themes in this chapter
Logic and Tautology
Probability propositions are not about special objects but are logical in nature
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
Key passages
“There is no special object peculiar to probability propositions.”
Probability statements do not refer to a unique kind of entity.
Clarifies that probability is not a metaphysical object but a logical feature