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Tractatus Logico-philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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What is the world the totality of?

(A) Facts

(B) Things

(D) Donuts

What do all facts have in common?

(A) They are all true

(B) They are simple

(D) They deal with abstract concepts

Which of the following is NOT true of an object?

(A) It is simple

(B) It combines with other objects to form states of affairs

(D) It is an object of sense data

How do objects combine in states of affairs?

(A) By means of logical relations

(B) They fit into one another like links on a chain

(D) Objects cannot combine in states of affairs

What do pictures and facts have in common?

(A) They are both mental acts

(B) They both represent only what is the case

(D) They have nothing in common

In which field is Wittgenstein's main concern in introducing thoughts?

(A) Psychology

(B) Logic

(D) Ontology

What element in reality to the names in propositions correspond to?

(A) Objects

(B) States of affairs

(D) People

What problem is Russell's Theory of Types supposed to solve?

(A) The distinction between object and concept

(B) Russell's Paradox

(D) Russell's flawed Theory of Denoting

How does Wittgenstein conceive of the role of philosophy?

(A) As determining the fundamental truths about the world.

(B) As being the construction of propositions that form a coherent conception of the world.

(D) Wittgenstein says philosophy should be done away with entirely.

What is Wittgenstein's "fundamental idea" (4.0312) concerned with?

(A) Logical constants

(B) The truth or falsity of elementary propositions

(D) The role of philosophy

Which of the following is true of formal concepts?

(A) Nothing can be said about them.

(B) They and objects are the two fundamental constituents of a proposition.

(D) They are expressed as functions of variables.

Which of the following is the equivalent of "if p then q"?

(A) (TTTF)(p,q)

(B) (TFFF)(p,q)

(D) (TTTT)(p,q)

Which of the following represents a tautology?

(A) (TTTF)(p,q)

(B) (TFFF)(p,q)

(D) (TTTT)(p,q)

Which of the following is NOT asserted by the universalist conception of logic?

(A) Logic is the most general set of laws.

(B) All the propositions of logic are tautologies.

(D) Logic defines the boundaries of rationality.

Which of the following is NOT considered a fundamental logical object by either Russell or Frege?

(A) "or"

(B) "and"

(D) "not"

Which of the following is equivalent to "N(p,q)"?

(A) "not p and not q"

(B) "p and q"

(D) "if p then q"

Which of the following is equivalent to "there exists an x and that x is an f"?

(A) "N(fx)"

(B) "N(N(fx))"

(D) "fx"

The propositions of logic are…

(A) Tautologies

(B) Propositions with a sense

(D) Mighty tasty snacks

Which of the following best defines Wittgenstein's conception of number?

(A) Second order sets

(B) Logical objects

(D) Derived from logical axioms and laws of inference

The laws of nature are…

(A) Logical laws

(B) Empirical facts

(D) Forms of explanation

In Wittgenstein's metaphor of a mesh laid out over a colored surface (6.341), which of the following represents the laws of nature?

(A) The white surface

(B) The black spots

(D) The person laying the mesh down

Which of the following kinds of propositions can we talk about?

(A) Ethics

(B) Science

(D) The "mystical"

Which of the following pairs does Wittgenstein consider to be equivalent?

(A) Ethics and aesthetics

(B) Mathematics and logic

(D) Science and superstition

At the end of the Tractatus, what does Wittgenstein compare his propositions to?

(A) Links in a chain

(B) A ladder that can now be discarded

(D) Scaffolding

Which of the following had the least influence on Wittgenstein?

(A) Frege

(B) Russell

(D) Derrida

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