Essays on Wittgenstein's Tractatus

by Irving M. Copi (Editor), Robert W. Beard (Editor)

Overview

This is Volume I of eight of a series on Wittgenstein. Originally published in 1966, this is a collection of essays that review and comment on the form, language, Picture Theory in Wittgenstein’s ‘Tractatus’.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415611015
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/11/2010
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Irving M. Copi, University of Michigan; Robert W. Beard Florida State University

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; REVIEW OF 'TRACTATUS'; REVIEW OF 'TRACTATUS'; SOME REMARKS ON LOGICAL FORM; LOGICAL CONSTRUCTIONS (I); AN EPISTLE; ARE THERE ULTIMATE SIMPLES? STRUCTURE IN SENTENCE AND IN FACT; SOME PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH LANGUAGE; THE PICTURE THEORY OF MEANING; 'TRACTATUS' 3.1432; PICTURES AND FORM IN WITTGENSTEIN'S 'TRACTATUS'; ON WITIGENSTEIN'S 'SOLIPSISM'; 'TRACTATUS' 5.542; OBJECTS, PROPERTIES, AND RELATIONS IN THE 'TRACTATUS'; MR COPlON OBJECTS, PROPERTIES, AND RELATIONS IN THE 'TRACTATUS'; 'TRACTATUS' 6.3751; SCIENTIFIC LAWS AND SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS IN THE 'TRACTATUS'’ PROFESSOR STENIUS ON THE 'TRACTATUS'; WITIGENSTEIN'S THREE LANGUAGES; NAMING AND SAYING; WITTGENSTEIN'S PICTURE-THEORY OF LANGUAGE; WITIGENSTEIN'S NOTION OF AN OBJECT; ON THE PICTURE THEORY OF LANGUAGE: EXCERPTS FROM A REVIEW WITTGENSTEIN'S PICTURE-THEORY; THE 'TRACTATUS': NOMINALISTIC OR REALISTIC? THE GLORY AND THE MISERY OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN; WITTGENSTEIN'S PHILOSOPHY OF THE MYSTICAL; WITTGENSTEIN'S PICTURE THEORY OF LANGUAGE