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  European Journal of PhilosophyVolume 15 Issue 3, Pages 367 - 394 Published Online: 26 May 2007 © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 171K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Symbols in Wittgenstein's Tractatus Copyright © Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2007 ABSTRACTThis paper is concerned with the status of a symbol in Wittgenstein's Tractatus. It is claimed in the first section that a Tractarian symbol, whilst essentially a syntactic entity to be distinguished from the mark or sound that is its sign, bears its semantic significance only inessentially. In the second and third sections I pursue this point of exegesis through the Tractarian discussions of nonsense and the context principle respectively. The final section of the paper places the forgoing work in a secondary context, addressing in particular a debate regarding the realism of the Tractatus. | 
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