L. B. Puntel's Systematic-Structural Philosophical Proposal and the Rescue of the Ontology of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Abstract

Given the fragmentary character that philosophy has been assuming after the linguistic turn, our paper aims to reflect, from the systematic-structural philosophical proposal of L. B. Puntel, the possibilities of thinking about a theory of representation that takes, on agree with the main concepts and contemporary paradigms, on the task of making philosophy a theory about the real. We seek a rescue of the ontology of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in the sense of thinking about its actuality in the light of the “innovations” of systematic-structural philosophy. The Tractatus ontology abandoned by its author in the face of a pragmatic conception of language can reveal an important theory about the real. The concepts of "maximal language" and "primary facts" when applied to the picture theory reveal a ontology that can be the foundation of a more audacious conception of philosophy, given the resumption of the theoretical character of philosophy and its task of thinking about the real in its totality. From a presentation of the conceptual framework of the linguistic turn, we presente Puntel's philosophical perspective. Then, we outline the philosophical project of the Tractatus with a view to its conceptual framework and criticisms pointed out during Wittgenstein's late philosophy. Finally and from a “revision” of its ontology and semantics, we prupose the resumption of picture theory of language.