The Arrow and the Point (eBook)

Contents 5
Introduction 7
Part I. Falsehood, negation, and logical constants 13
1. Russell: from the binary to the multiple-relation theory of judgment 13
2. The reasons leading to the multiple-relation theory of judgment 31
3. Meinong and Russell on being and existence 43
4. Wittgenstein on bivalence and bipolarity 53
5. Russell on negation 59
6. Wittgenstein (and Russell) on negation and bipolarity 68
7. Sense, meaning, and Sachverhalte 90
8. Symmetry and asymmetry between true and false 112
9. The Grundgedanke: Wittgenstein on logical constants 124
10. Molecularity and Sachlage 130
Part II. Facts 143
1. Russell and Bradley: the unity of the proposition and the doubleaspectproblems 143
2. Difficulties and further developments of the multiple-relation theoryof judgment 155
3. Judgment and logical form 170
4. Wittgenstein and the failure of the Theory of Knowledge 192
5. Facts, things, and bipolarity 205
6. Troubles with Sachverhalte 225
7. The nature of the proposition 243
8. Pictures, propositions, thoughts, and projection 265
Part III. Objects and form 297
1. Atomism and objects 297
2. Relations, objects, and form 309
3. Sense and nonsense 332
4. Russell and Wittgenstein on the nature of philosophy 349
References 359