The proposition constructs a world with the help of a logical scaffolding, and therefore one can actually see in the proposition all the logical feat… - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The proposition constructs a world with the help of a logical scaffolding, and therefore one can actually see in the proposition all the logical features possessed by reality if it is true. One can draw conclusions from a false proposition

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About Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-born philosopher who spent much of his life in England.

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Native Name: Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein
Alternative Names: Ludwig Joseph Johann Wittgenstein Wittgenstein
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"Tell me," Wittgenstein's asked a friend, "why do people always say, it was natural for man to assume that the sun went round the earth rather than that the earth was rotating?" His friend replied, "Well, obviously because it just looks as though the Sun is going round the Earth." Wittgenstein replied, "Well, what would it have looked like if it had looked as though the Earth was rotating?"

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