
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Why Theory
Analyzing the limits of language and understanding
The speaker reflects on the challenge of setting a limit within language and understanding, pointing out the inherent problem of going beyond the limit once it is recognized. They highlight Hegel's critique of Kant in this context. Additionally, the speaker discusses the concept of theorizing the world in terms of how things are shown rather than how they are said, emphasizing the proposition that what can be shown cannot be said as the driving force of the text.
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