The Arrow and the Point: Russell and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

Guido Bonino

Published by De Gruyter 2008

The Arrow and the Point

Russell and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

Guido Bonino

Volume 11 in the series Logos

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110324280

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About this book

The book aims at a comprehensive account of the relationship between Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Russell’s philosophy as it developed between 1903 and 1918. The focus is on the central nucleus of the Tractatus, i.e., on its ontology and the picture theory of language. On Russell’s side, the multiple-relation theory of judgment has been chosen as the leading theme around which the presentation of several other issues is organized. Whereas the similarity between Russell’s and Wittgenstein’s problems is pointed out, the deep difference between their solutions is acknowledged, in particular with reference to the opposition between objects and names on the one hand, and facts and propositions on the other.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Part I. Falsehood, negation, and logical constants
1. Russell: from the binary to the multiple-relation theory of judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. The reasons leading to the multiple-relation theory of judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. Meinong and Russell on being and existence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Wittgenstein on bivalence and bipolarity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
5. Russell on negation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
6. Wittgenstein (and Russell) on negation and bipolarity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
7. Sense, meaning, and Sachverhalte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
8. Symmetry and asymmetry between true and false Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
9. The Grundgedanke: Wittgenstein on logical constants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
10. Molecularity and Sachlage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Part II. Facts
1. Russell and Bradley: the unity of the proposition and the doubleaspect problems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
2. Difficulties and further developments of the multiple-relation theory of judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
3. Judgment and logical form Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
4. Wittgenstein and the failure of the Theory of Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
5. Facts, things, and bipolarity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
6. Troubles with Sachverhalte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
7. The nature of the proposition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
8. Pictures, propositions, thoughts, and projection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Part III. Objects and form
1. Atomism and objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
2. Relations, objects, and form Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
3. Sense and nonsense Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
4. Russell and Wittgenstein on the nature of philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 372
Keywords: Bertrand Russell; Wittgenstein

eBook

Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110324280

Hardcover

Published: May 15, 2008
ISBN: 9783110323917