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Wittgenstein and the sciences

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In the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Wittgenstein states that man has the ability to construct languages with which all meanings may be expressed, but that it is humanly impossible to immediately extract its logic from it. Thus, language is a costume that disguises thought while proposition is a figuration of reality. This paper is aimed at showing how the position of the Tractatus in relation to sciences puts aside the idea that scientific knowledge should be rooted in raw data, that is, observations that may be made regardless of any theoretical orientation. Accordingly, this study claims that the Tractarian position does not admit the presumption that behind raw data there is a reality that is independent of the observer, considering that, as stated by Wittgenstein, the limits of language indicate the limits of the world, and not the other way around.
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hprints-04755554 , version 1 (28-10-2024)

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Léo Peruzzo Júnior. Wittgenstein and the sciences. Revista de Filosofia Aurora, 2022, 34 (63), ⟨10.7213/1980-5934.34.063.DS09⟩. ⟨hprints-04755554⟩
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