Wittgenstein's Tractatus

When you understand the evolution of language on an instinctual level, the Tractatus opens like a miracle. It approaches Buddhism in its intense clarity and really brings immanence into philosophy.

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literally every lecturer I have ever interacted with regarding this damn book: actually, it's a lot more complicated than that

Neat video! I have always skipped to the end of Tractatus! 😅 You've earned a subscriber!

Great video! I'll be glad to see another one like this but on his other famous work - Philosophical investigations

Thank you for this path into the small dense thicket that is the TLP.

I actually just finished reading the Tractatus a couple of weeks ago, and I found it far easier to understand than some other works, like Hegel or Satre. Not to say this video is unnecessary, but Wittgenstein is refreshingly clear.

This sounds a bit like the way the founder of The Samaritans, Chad Varah, discovered what his organisations purpose was, when a woman visited him again and again, repeating something she was trying to get straight in her head. Every repetition made is clearer in her head what the problem (confusion) was in her head, until eventually she knew exactly what it was she meant at which point she left and never came back. As he said himself about it, he never did or said anything to the woman, just gave her space to clarify what was going through her head

By “meaningless” I think he meant to question the concept itself of “meaning”. What is “meaningless” isn’t necessarily “useless”.

Amazing video! Youtube algorithm really did a good job for me today

Thank you for taking the time to break this down. Excellent video!

Can you briefly comment on the mystical/theological interpretations of the Tractatus?

YESMore Wittgenstein please! It would be interesting to know what did he contribute to modern logic.I think truth tables was kinda his invention,

Excellent video mate

Another excellent, clear, concise overview of a hugely complex topic. A lot of the saying/showing, meaningful/meaningless dichotomy of the Tractatus depends on the limitations of the picture (I prefer 'model') theory of meaning. If a model cannot describe its own state of representation, and this is what the Tractatus is trying to do, then all we can do is throw away the ladder. But, modal logic adds multiple possible worlds to the mix. So now, a model cannot describe its own state of representation in its own world. But from the perspective of another possible world, we can describe the original state of representation. So it's models all the way down, until we run into an actual state of affairs, somewhere ... possibly.

Perfect explanation. Thank you 🎉

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So love the topics, and made this philosophical theory very accessible, but honestly you looking just below the camera and not at it, really throws me off. I know it’s small but I feel that finding a way to look right at the camera will really help bring these videos home and more attention by your audience (IMHO)

I read (with a guide - I have to say) the Tractatus when I was seventeen and applying to university (and thanks to the Vice-Master of University College, Durham for recommending some key texts) I have read and re-read it multiple times I find it like a highly faceted jewel if you turn it slightly you see another aspect of his thinking. My believe is it is best read as an expanding website where you start with the seven propositions and you navigate around each layer I think of it like a tree diagram. BTW I know Wittgenstein did write things on index cards but the later Investigations does read like a Zettelkasten. One of my ideas in my retirement is to take the Philosophical Investigations and turn it into a full blown electronic Zettelkasten.

Watching this before my Wittgenstein Tractatus exam, let's hope this will go well...