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Can anyone help me understand what does Wittgenstein mean by "multiplicity" (logical/mathematical) ?

Richard Stevko I would not presume to say what Wittgenstein meant by "multiplicity", but am glad to share what it brought to my mind:
1. In trying to find a synonym f…moreI would not presume to say what Wittgenstein meant by "multiplicity", but am glad to share what it brought to my mind:
1. In trying to find a synonym for a word, the thesaurus has a range of meanings, some of which are not near my intent, but carry one of the uses of that idea; the legitimacy of all the synonyms is multiplicity to me.
2. A lexical definition of a word often needs the original meaning (etymology) to get full appreciation of why that word exists.
3. In diagnosing a patient, a physician needs to evaluate the symptoms from the patient's personal experience, and evaluate it in terms of the physiology of the affected system, and evaluate it in the context of the chemicals in that system, and evaluate it in terms of how it operates psychologically and socially.Holding all those factors in mind is applying multiplicity.
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Can anybody recommend a secondary source or companion book for TLP?

Morella Montresor These books are very useful to understand in depth the TLP and Witt in general:

-Sluga, H., & Stern, D. (Eds.). (1996). The Cambridge Companion to Wit…moreThese books are very useful to understand in depth the TLP and Witt in general:

-Sluga, H., & Stern, D. (Eds.). (1996). The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521460255

-Tomasini, Alejandro: Explicando el Tractatus: Una introducción a la primera filosofía (2017) in Spanish(less)

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Does one require prior knowledge to understand this work?

Caleb E. Having at least some knowledge on the fundamentals of Logic is absolutely necessary to understand this work. Even after taking a Logic course in colle…moreHaving at least some knowledge on the fundamentals of Logic is absolutely necessary to understand this work. Even after taking a Logic course in college, I'm still not equiped to fully grasp everything this book expresses. Regardless, this work is endlessly fascinating, and I seriously enjoy studying it.(less)

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It is unclear to me what the author has to say about the Ontological status of the Logical Symbols such as "and" , "or" , etc. It is quite clear that he says that "facts" are all that exist in the world. But what does he have to say about how the logical symbols exist ?

Philip logic is how we, in our minds, order the facts of the world, which have no order in themselves; the atomic facts which comprise the world do not have …morelogic is how we, in our minds, order the facts of the world, which have no order in themselves; the atomic facts which comprise the world do not have an inherent relation, we relate them. "and" and "or" are relations which only exist in our minds.(less)

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What's the use of Tractatus? -Could this ideas be applied to any fields -Where does this fit in with his language games -Lay people yawn when you mention this My friend says this is turgid pompous that needs to be put into flames.

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