...Wittgensteinians that "The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thoughts ..." and that "the result of philosophy is not a number of 'philosophical propositions' but to make propositions clear." 2 The pronouncements and the practice of past philosophers too bear out our statement. The logical...

...enough been guessed to be, but which Wittgenstein describes in the following words [Tract., 4.112]: "The object of philosophy is the logical clarification...thoughts. Philosophy is not a theory but an activity .... The result of philosophy is not a number of 'philosophical propositions', but to make propositions...

...conception of philosophy (p. 132) akin to that described by Wittgenstein in his famous comments that "the object of philosophy is the logical clarification...thoughts. Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. The result of philosophy is not a number of 'philosophical propositions,' but to make propositions...

...Tractatus: 4.0031, "All philosophy is critique of language"; 4. 1 12, "The object of philosophy is the clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a theory...'philosophical propositions,' but to make propositions clear"; 4. 1 121 , "psychology is no nearer related to philosophy than is any other natural science." One may...

...present time been most clearly expressed by Ludwig Wittgenstein; he states his point in these sentences: "The object of philosophy is the logical clarification...thoughts. Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. The result of philosophy is not a number of 'philosophical propositions', but to make propositions...

...propositions; it operates with words, the meaninglessness of which in the end it itself must recognize: — "Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. A philosophical..."philosophical propositions," but to make propositions clear." (p. 77) "My propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally recognizes them...

...remark on the difference between the natural sciences and philosophy as relevant for literary study: ' Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations.' On Textual Understanding, p. 6. 11 If the language of the Hebrew Bible often presents a 'reconciliation'...

...sciences.) (T, 4.111) It was true to say that our considerations could not be scientific ones (...) (D, 109) The object of philosophy is the logical clarification..."philosophical propositions", but to make propositions clear. Philosophy should make clear and delimit sharply the thoughts which otherwise are, as it were, opaque...

...Let us now pass to Mr Wittgenstein's account of philosophy. " The object of philosophy," he says, " is the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy...philosophical propositions ', but to make propositions clear. Philosophy should make clear and delimit sharply the thoughts which otherwise are, as it were, opaque...

...the first, since he does not consider the logic of science and syntax to be identical ; see below.) " Philosophy is not a theory, but an activity. A philosophical...philosophical propositions,' but to make propositions clear" (p. 76). Consistently Wittgenstein applies this view to his own work also; at the end he says : " My...