Incompatibility, inconsistency, and logical analysis in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Statements of degree appear to falsify basic doctrines in Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I offer a fresh formulation the challenge and assess solution proposed on Wittgenstein’s behalf by Sarah Moss. find that Moss’s proposal fails. The rides part novel interpretations pronouncements Wittgenstein nature elementary proposition. cannot be sustained but textual case hints at important overlooked features Tractarian program. develop comparison propositions measuring instruments apply it throughout, showing captures philosophical commitments otherwise tend slip from view.