William Elliot wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Aatu Koskensilta wrote:
>
>> As we all know, it was comrade Stalin's brilliant and objective article
>> _Marxism and linguistics_ in 1951 (IIRC) that established conclusively
>> that language is not a part of the superstructure, and hence formal
>> logic is a legitimate non-ideological discipline.
>
> What's the superstructure?
According to the Marxist-Leninist doctrine the superstructure of the
society, comprising ideology, politics and what not, is determined by
the economic relations of production, the substructure.
>> "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, daruber muss man schweigen"
>> - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
>
> If it's worth quoting, is it worth translating?
Ogden translates the seventh clause in Tractatus as
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
F.P. Ramsey's corollary is
If it can't be said, it can't be said, and it can't be whistled,
either.
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Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.koskensilta@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, daruber muss man schweigen"
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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