Wittgenstein on Logic and Philosophical Method

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-98664-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 134 g

Reihe: Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

This Element outlines Wittgenstein's early and later philosophies of logic, and explains Wittgenstein's views regarding the methodological significance of logic for philosophy. Wittgenstein's early philosophy of logic is presented as a further development of Frege's and Russell's accounts of logic, and Wittgenstein later philosophy as a response to problems with his early views, including confusions about idealization and abstraction in logic. The later Wittgenstein's novel logical methods, such as the method of language-games, are outlined, and the new kind of logical naturalism developed in his later philosophy described. I conclude by discussing the later Wittgenstein on names.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuusela, Oskari

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Early Wittgenstein's reconfiguration of Frege's and Russell's logic; 2. Later Wittgenstein's rethinking of the Tractatus' philosophy of logic; 3. Later Wittgenstein's new logical methods; 4. Doing justice to the complexities of language: Wittgenstein on names; References.