Reading Wittgenstein's Tractatus
Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-74440-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-74440-9 (ISBN)
Starting from the difficulties found in historical and current debates, drawing on the background of Russell's philosophy, and grounded in the ladder structure expressed in the numbering system of the book, this Element presents the central arguments of the Tractatus.
This Element presents a concise and accessible view of the central arguments of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Starting from the difficulties found in historical and current debates, drawing on the background of Russell's philosophy, and grounded in the ladder structure expressed in the numbering system of the book, this Element presents the central arguments of the Tractatus in three lines of thought. The first concerns the role of the so-called 'ontology' and its relationship to the method of the Tractatus and its logical symbolism, which displays the formal essence of language and world. The second deals with the symbolic unity of language and its role in the 'ladder structure' and explains how and why the book is not self-defeating. The third elucidates Wittgenstein's claim to have solved in essentials all philosophical problems, whose very formulation, he says, rests on misunderstandings.
This Element presents a concise and accessible view of the central arguments of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Starting from the difficulties found in historical and current debates, drawing on the background of Russell's philosophy, and grounded in the ladder structure expressed in the numbering system of the book, this Element presents the central arguments of the Tractatus in three lines of thought. The first concerns the role of the so-called 'ontology' and its relationship to the method of the Tractatus and its logical symbolism, which displays the formal essence of language and world. The second deals with the symbolic unity of language and its role in the 'ladder structure' and explains how and why the book is not self-defeating. The third elucidates Wittgenstein's claim to have solved in essentials all philosophical problems, whose very formulation, he says, rests on misunderstandings.
1. Readings of the Tractatus and How to Read It; 2. Method, Analysis, and 'Ontology'; 3. Ladder Lessons 1: Formal Unity, Symbolism, and No Self-defeat; 4. Ladder Lessons 2: Problems of Philosophy Solved in Essentials; References.
Erscheinungsdatum | 30.07.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 130 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-108-74440-0 / 1108744400 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-74440-9 / 9781108744409 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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