Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy

Herausgeber: Zalabardo, Jose L

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume comprises nine lively and insightful essays by leading scholars on the early philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. They explore three central themes: the relationship between Wittgenstein's account of representation and Russell's theories of judgment; the role of objects in the tractarian system; and Wittgenstein's philosophical method.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780199691524
• ISBN-10: 0199691525
• Artikelnr.: 36444908

Autorenporträt

José L. Zalabardo is a reader at the University College London Philosophy Department. He was born in Madrid, and educated at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the University of St. Andrews and the University of Michigan, where he obtained a PhD in 1994. He was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham from 1994 to 2000, when he joined UCL. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and collective volumes. He is also the author of Introduction to the Theory of Logic (Westview Press, 2000) and Scepticism and Reliable Belief (OUP, forthcoming).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Colin Johnston: Russell, Wittgenstein and Synthesis in Thought
* 2: Peter Hanks: Early Wittgenstein on Judgment
* 3: Stewart Candlish and Nic Damnjanovic: The Tractatus and the Unity
of the Proposition
* 4: Hans Sluga: Simple Objects
* 5: José L. Zalabardo: Reference, Simplicity and Necessary Existence
in the Tractatus
* 6: Cora Diamond: What Can You Do with the General Propositional Form?
* 7: Michael Kremer: Russell's Merit
* 8: Marie McGinn: Naturalism and 'Turning our Examination Round'
* 9: Brian McGuinness: Two Cheers for the 'New' Wittgenstein?
* Index