HOW TO NEGATE A NAME

Authors

  • João Vergilio Gallerani Cuter USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v14i2.8924

Keywords:

Philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, negation, propositional function, name, Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Abstract

In the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, a name is always a propositional function. Wittgenstein makes a radical shift in the Fregean opposition between saturated and unsaturated entities. Any sentential component which is not itself a sentence is unsaturated. The proposition is therefore a synthesis of propositional functions. The name is just a limit case of propositional function, and as such it can be negated.

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Author Biography

  • João Vergilio Gallerani Cuter, USP
    Bachelor in philosophy in the University of São Paulo (1997) and a Ph.d. in philosophy in the University of São Paulo (1993). Currently he is a researcher of the Brazilian Center of analysis and planning, and Assistant Professor-doctor of the University of São Paulo. Has experience in the area of Philosophy, with emphasis on philosophy of Logic, working mainly on the following themes: Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, logic, philosophy of language and philosophy of mathematics.

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Published

2010-08-03

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2009): Subjetividade e Vontade

Section

Artigos Originais

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How to Cite

GALLERANI CUTER, J. V. HOW TO NEGATE A NAME. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, v. 14, n. 2, p. 33–62, 3 Aug.2010.