On the other hand, however, senseless propositions have no right to imitate senseful propositions, to pretend to be "about" their proper objects. Thus, Wittgenstein denies the independent existence of mathematical objects, of logical objects; he doesn't accept the existence of theoretical objects of science. Also, he denies the existence of special objects of philosophy such as "the mental thing", "the I". There is no such thing in the world. Why is Wittgenstein so sure? Because philosophical statements about "the I" are apriori. So they cannot be descriptions of some thing in the world. As Wittgenstein clearly puts it: "Where in the world is a metaphysical subject to be noted? You say that this case is altogether like that of the eye and the field of sight. But you do not really see the eye. ...This is connected with the fact that no part of our experience is also a priori... There is no order of things a priori" (5. 633; 5. 634).
What is apriori, can't be a description of reality, because the description must be falsifying or verifying by reality itself. It is different with the apriori statement. What is apriori is connected with our modes of descriptions of reality, it is the syntax of our descriptions. Logic, mathematics and philosophy are apriori. Theoretical hypothesises of science are not the inferences from factual statements, they are not simply falsified by experience and so they can be treated as apriori too. Wittgenstein always claims the strict demarcation between empirical and syntactical, between descriptions and apriori postulation. This demarcation is for him a necessary condition of clarity and intellectual honesty. This demarcation is more important for the understanding of his thought than the distinction between philosophical propositions and scientifical hypothesises and laws.
Приложение III. Основные публикации российских специалистов о философии Л.Витгенштейна
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