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1 online resource (xvi, 185 pages .) |
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Routledge studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy ; 37 |
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Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; 37.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on the Translations; Introduction: The Status of the Tractatus; 1 An Essence to Logical Representation; 2 Dissolving the Subject: Solipsism and the Self; 3 Psychology, Philosophy and the Mechanistic Approach of Metaphysics; 4 Causation and the Principles of the Natural Sciences; 5 On the Relative Position of Logic, Science and Natural Languages; 6 The Ethical Purpose of the Tractatus; Conclusion: Wittgenstein's Method and the Continuity in His Philosophy |
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Appendix: Entailment and the Logical Independence of Elementary PropositionsBibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book advances a reading of Wittgenstein's Tractatus that moves beyond the main interpretative options of the New Wittgenstein debate. It covers Wittgenstein's approach to language and logic, as well as other areas unduly neglected in the literature, such as his treatment of metaphysics, the natural sciences and value. Tejedor re-contextualises Wittgenstein's thinking in these areas, plotting its evolution in his diaries, correspondence and pre-Tractatus texts, and developing a fuller picture of its intellectual background. This broadening of the angle of view is central to the interpretat |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Tractatus logico-philosophicus.
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| SUBJECT |
Tractatus logico-philosophicus (Wittgenstein, Ludwig) fast (OCoLC)fst01356212 |
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy.
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Semantics (Philosophy)
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philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
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Philosophy.
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Semantics (Philosophy)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
131791211X |
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9781317912118 |
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9781315850245 |
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1315850249 |
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