To obey a rule, to make a report, to give an order, to play a game of chess, are customs (uses, institutions) - Ludwig Wittgenstein

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To obey a rule, to make a report, to give an order, to play a game of chess, are customs (uses, institutions)

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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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610. Kahvenin kokusunu betimle!- Neden olmuyor? Sözcüklerimiz mi yetersiz? Ne için yetersiz peki? - Ama böyle bir betimlemenin yine de olanaklı olması gerektiği düşüncesi nereden geliyor? Böyle bir betimin eksikliğini duydun mu hiç? Bu kokuyu betimlemeyi deneyip başaramadığın oldu mu?

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1. The world is everything that is the case.
2. What is the case (a fact) is the existence of states of affairs.
3. A logical picture of facts is a thought.
4. A thought is a proposition with a sense.
5. A proposition is a truth-function of elementary propositions. (An elementary proposition is a truth-function of itself.)
6. The general form of a proposition is the general form of a truth function, which is: [p, E, N(E)]. This is the general form of a proposition.
7. Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

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