Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mahdi Hoseinzadeh Yazdi
• Ali Akbar Ahmadi Afranjami

Abstract

Wittgenstein practices a critique of language, in a broad Kantian sense. In the middle of the Tractatus Wittgenstein writs whit Kantian ring: All philosophy is critique of language. There is a fairly long tradition of reading that finds the Tractatus basically Kantian. 
Considering the importance of this reading in relation to the Tractatus, this article attempts to explain and analyze this reading according to David Pears. Pears believes that the simplest general characterization of Wittgenstein’s earlier philosophy is that it is critical in the Kantian sense of that word. Kant offered a critique of thought and Wittgenstein offers a critique of the expression of thought in language.

Keywords

• Kant
• Tractatus
• Wittgenstein
• David Pears