Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (English): Difference between revisions

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Similarly the series of propositions “''aRb''”,
Similarly the series of propositions “''aRb''”,
 
::“(∃''x''):''aRx.xRb''”,
:: “(∃''x''):''aRx.xRb''”,
::“(∃''x,y''):''aRx.xRy.yRb''”, etc.
:: “(∃''x,y''):''aRx.xRy.yRb''”, etc.


(If ''b'' stands in one of these relations to ''a'', I call ''b'' a successor of ''a''.)
(If ''b'' stands in one of these relations to ''a'', I call ''b'' a successor of ''a''.)
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Wherever the word “object” (“thing”, “entity”, etc.) is rightly used, it is expressed in logical symbolism by the variable name.
Wherever the word “object” (“thing”, “entity”, etc.) is rightly used, it is expressed in logical symbolism by the variable name.


For example in the proposition “there are two objects which …”, by “(∃x,y)…”.
For example in the proposition “there are two objects which …”, by “(∃''x'',''y'')…”.


Wherever it is used otherwise, ''i.e.'' as a proper concept word, there arise senseless pseudo-propositions.
Wherever it is used otherwise, ''i.e.'' as a proper concept word, there arise senseless pseudo-propositions.