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

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.

Keywords

• ludwig wittgenstein
• deconstruction
• logic
• difference
• writing
• notation
• sign