To understand a proposition p it is not enough to know that “p implies p” is true || p implies ‘“p” is true’, but we must also know that p also implies ‘“not-p” is false’ || ~p implies “p is false”. This shows the polarity || bipolarity of the proposition.

(2015–) Wittgenstein Source Bergen Nachlass Edition (WS-BNE). Edited by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen under the direction of Alois Pichler. In: Wittgenstein Source, curated by Alois Pichler (2009–) and Joseph Wang-Kathrein (2020–). (N) Bergen: WAB.



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