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Tópicos (México)
versão impressa ISSN 0188-6649
Tópicos (México) no.33 México Dez. 2007
https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v33i1.158
Artículos
Language as Picture in Plato’s Cratylus and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus
* Bar Ilan University, Israel. E-mail: mualems@mail.biu.ac.il.
The aim of the following article is to compare Plato and Wittgenstein’s doctrines of language as a picture, focusing on the Cratylus and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Despite the fact that the Cratylus deals with the correctness of names while the Tractatus attends to the nature and structure of propositions, the study demonstrates, focusing on Cratylus 421c-427e and Tractatus 4.01-4.12, that the language-as-picture doctrines in these texts closely resemble each other in terms of their basic properties and structures. The comparison comprises four aspects: (1) the structure of elements and their form; (2) the correspondence between language and reality; (3) the possibility of falsehood; and (4) the method of verification.
Key words: philosophy of language; Picture Theory; Wittgenstein; Plato; analytical philosophy
La intención del siguiente artículo es comparar las doctrinas del lenguaje como una pintura en Platón y Wittgenstein, concentrándose en el Cratilo y en el Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. A pesar de que el Cratilo trata sobre la corrección de los nombres mientras que el Tractatus atiende la naturaleza y estructura de las proposiciones, el estudio demuestra, centrado en Cratilo 421c-427e y Tractatus 4.01-4.12, que las doctrinas del lenguaje-como-pintura en estos textos se parecen en términos de sus propiedades básicas y su estructura. La comparación consta de cuatro aspectos: (1) la estructura de elementos y su forma; (2) la correspondencia entre lenguaje y realidad; (3) la posibilidad de la falsedad; y (4) el método de verificación.
Palabras clave: filosofía del lenguaje; teoría pictórica del lenguaje; Wittgenstein; Platón; filosofía analítica
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Received: October 03, 2007; Accepted: December 03, 2007
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