(Gesichts)züge, Notation and Graphicness of Signs. Deconstruction in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

Michał Piekarski

doi:10.21697/spch.2022.58.A.16

Published: 2022-12-31

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2022)

(Gesichts)züge, Notation and Graphicness of Signs. Deconstruction in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

Michał Piekarski

Studia Philosophiae Christianae

Section: Papers

https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2022.58.A.16

Abstract

In this paper, I attempt to address some of the themes of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus logico-philosophicus with the aim of their deconstructionist interpretation. My analysis is based on David Gunkel’s book Deconstruction (MIT Press 2021). Based on some of its findings, I show how the Tractatus allows deconstruction and its practice to be thought. I show that the graphic structure of signs is crucial for the young Wittgenstein’s analysis and that it justifies the metaphysical findings in favor of which he argues.

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Received:11/09/2022. Reviewed: 17/11/2022. Accepted: 1/12/2022.

Keywords:

Ludwig Wittgenstein, deconstruction, logic, difference, writing, notation, sign

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Piekarski, M. (2022). (Gesichts)züge, Notation and Graphicness of Signs. Deconstruction in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 58(2), 145–160. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2022.58.A.16

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