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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein asserts that necessity and impossibility are exclusively logical in nature, rejecting any other forms of necessity or impossibility.
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Wittgenstein asserts that necessity and impossibility are exclusively logical in nature, rejecting any other forms of necessity or impossibility.
Themes in this chapter
Logic and Tautology
The proposition emphasizes that necessity and impossibility are purely logical concepts.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
Key passages
“As there is only a logical necessity, so there is only a logical impossibility.”
Necessity and impossibility are solely logical in nature; there are no other kinds.
Clarifies the exclusive logical basis of necessity and impossibility.