A Note on a Cold Case: Wittgenstein’s Allusion to a Fairy Tale

Gramarye (24):29-34 (2023)
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Abstract

Karl Pfeifer revisits Wittgenstein’s parenthetical allusion in the _Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus_ to the Grimms’ fairytale “The Golden Lads”, confirming that it does not work well as an illustration of the notion of “internal identity” that figures in Wittgenstein’s picture theory. He then proposes alternative ways of understanding the relationship of identity apparent in “The Golden Lads”.

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Karl Pfeifer
University of Saskatchewan

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