Tractatus logico-philosophicus

A philosophical work by Ludwig Wittgenstein

5.1311

When we conclude from p∨q and ~p to q the relation between the forms of the propositions “p∨q” and “~p” is here concealed by the method of symbolizing. But if we write, e.g. instead of “p∨q” “p|q.|.p|q” and instead of “~p” “p|p” (p|q = neither p nor q), then the inner connexion becomes obvious. (The fact that we can infer fa from (x).fx shows that generality is present also in the symbol “(x).fx”.


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