Michael Potter shows, for the first time, that Wittgenstein's early Notes on Logic are a work of philosophical and historical importance. Using a challenging blend of biography and philosophy, he draws new conclusions about the nature of the Notes, the genesis of the Tractatus, and Wittgenstein's working methods. INDICE: Introduction; 1: Finding a Problem; 2: First Steps; 3: Matter; 4: Analysis; 5: The Fundamental Thought; 6: The Symbolic Turn; 7: Simplicity; 8: Unity; 9: Fregean Propositions; 10: Assertion; 11: Complex and Fact; 12: Forms; 13: Russell's Theory of Judgment; 14: Meaning; 15: Metaphysics; 16: Sense; 17: Truth-Functions; 18: Truth-Operations; 19: Molecular Propositions; 20: Generality; 21: Resolving the Paradoxes; 22: Typical Ambiguity; 23: Identity; 24: Sign and Symbol; 25: Wittgenstein's Theory of Judgment; 26: The Picture Theory; 27: Tractarian Objects; 28: Philosophy; 29: Themes; History of the Text; The Notes on Logic; Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959635-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 326
- Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés