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oliviahorn72

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The final proposition in Wittgensteins Tractatus says What we cannot speak about we must ____.
 
 

a. deduce from the laws of logic.
  b. know through innate knowledge.
  c. pass over in silence.
  d. assume to be nonexistent.



Question 2

A major difference between the philosophy of Wittgensteins Tractatus and logical positivism is that Wittgenstein asserted that
 
 

a. language has other purposes than referring to facts.
  b. all meaningful language is scientific language.
  c. the job of philosophy is not to tell us about the world.
   d. there is something outside of the boundaries of language called the mystical.




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Answer to Question 1

c.

Answer to Question 2

d.



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