Today I hope this post finds each of you well!
Today I would like to begin a series of questions formulated in the model of ideas from some very well regarded thinkers who interpreted many aspects of theology through the proponents of theory, factual evidence, and logical outworking. Ludwig Wittgenstein who penned "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" (which first appeared in 1921 and happened to be the only philosophical work published in his lifetime.) The book inscription declares that the audience intended where "the Logical Positivists" of the 1920's era mainly but the 30's perhaps benefited from its discourse. The book deals with the proponents of reality in an attempt to capture a perspective of a world that could maintain a vision of reality through logical relationships, (the later eludes to my interpretation). Thus we, together, shall examine an excerpt of Mr. Wittgenstein's work here, digesting a portion of it in relation to the philosophical and logical outworking of the modern day reality of vision through (a) or relationship(s). More specifically, the idea of truth equated through and with the concept of freewill. Along with Wittgenstein's efforts in effect in writing about the topic. At the end of the excerpt I will pose a question(s) in reflection of the text. Please provide feedback and declare your position. This is not designed nor should your efforts reflect a right or wrong stance, but an independent thoughtful objective that supports what your position would be, should the purpose need for a right or wrong. Those intentions should be dealt with at the heart level.
However, should you be inclined to have questions that surface, or stifle you then please do ask.
Please.. now consider this text below:
"The freedom of the will consists in the possibility of knowing actions that still lie in the future. We could know them only if causality were an inner necessity like that of logical inference. The connexion between knowledge and what is known is that of logical necessity.
('A knows that p is the case', has no sense if p is a tautology)
If the truth of a proposition does not follow from the fact that it is self-evident to us, then its self-evidence in no way justifies our belief in its truth.
If one proposition follows from another, then the latter says more than the former, and the former less than the latter.
If p follows from q and q from p, then they are one and the same proposition.
A tautology (saying the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style) follows from all propositions: it says nothing.
Contradiction is that common factor of propositions which no proposition has in common with another.
Tautology is the common factor of all propositions that have nothing in common with one another.
Contradiciton, one might say, vanishes outside all propositions: tautology vanishes inside them.
Contradicition is the outer limit of propositions: tautology is the unsubstantial point at their centre."
My questions is this:
Wittgenstein says that the "freedom of will consist in the possibility of knowing actions that are still in the future," then he says that "the connexion between knowledge and what is known is that of logical necessity." Therefore my question then is, is it or could it be true that while there is a certain kind of freedom that mankind has and does enjoy does it or is it necessary to be free to enjoy the life that mankind has be given?
Secondly, if there is indeed a connexion between knowledge and the known, to that of logical necessity... must one then forgo their freedom in favor of logic, simply to live a meaningful life of freedom despite what the future holds?
Please post your responses that we all may process this material. I will responded as quickly as possible. I will provide my response/position to these questions within 7 days.
Scripture of the day:
Philippians 3:8-10
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowingChrist Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness whichcomes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;
LWM
NOTES:
New American Standard Bible
Ludwig Wittgenstein, "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus", Humanities Press pg. 39-40
