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Tractatus logicophilosophicus by ludwig wittgenstein. Pdf ludwig wittgenstein download full pdf book download. Moore, in his 1939 paper, proof of an external world, claimed to have proved the existence of the external world by holding up his hand see my earlier post about moores argument, concluding that there is an external world. There are multiple format available for you to choose pdf, epub, doc. Reprinted from ludwig wittgenstein, on certainty oxford.
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