Book
Wittgenstein's apprenticeship with Russell
Cambridge University Press
2007
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511487255
Abstract
Wittgenstein's Tractatus has generated many interpretations since its publication in 1921, but over the years a consensus has developed concerning its criticisms of Russell's philosophy. In Wittgenstein's Apprenticeship with Russell, Gregory Landini draws extensively from his work on Russell's unpublished manuscripts to show that the consensus characterises Russell with positions he did not hold. Using a careful analysis of Wittgenstein's writings he traces the 'Doctrine of Showing' and the 'fundamental idea' of the Tractatus to Russell's logical atomist research program, which dissolves philosophical problems by employing variables with structure. He argues that Russell and his apprentice Wittgenstein were allies in a research program that makes logical analysis and reconstruction the essence of philosophy. His sharp and controversial study will be essential reading for all who are interested in this rich period in the history of analytic philosophy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Wittgenstein's apprenticeship with Russell
- Creators
- Gregory Landini - University of Iowa, Philosophy
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of contents
- Ramified types as scaffolding in Russell and Wittgenstein; The logical independence of the facts that are truth-makers; Index; Exclusive quantifiers; Ramsey's extensional functions; Modality in the Tractatus; Acquaintance with logical objects; Extensionality and neutral monism; Logic as if tautologous; Quantification and the N-operator; Appendix B; Appendix A; My fundamental idea; Two dogmas of Russellian interpretation; Logic as if decidable; Ontology as structured variables; Logical fictions of Russell; Showing as radical Russellianism; 1; 2; Contents; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Equations versus tautologies; The oracle on Reducibility; Ontology as meaningless; Wittgenstein's N-operator; Logic as the essence of philosophy; Preface; Logical atomism as a research program; Principia's second edition; Russell's rejection of Showing; Retreat from Pythagoras; Sub specie aeternitatis; Rereading Russell and Wittgenstein; Russell's paralysis; Slipshod notations?; Numbers as exponents of operations; Logical atomism; Return to Pythagoras; Tractarian logicism; Scaffolding; Ideal versus ordinary language; Kicking away the ladder; Carnap versus Quine on ontology; Bibliography; Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Rereading Russell and Wittgenstein -- Two dogmas of Russellian interpretation -- Logical fictions of Russell -- 2 Logical atomism -- Logical atomism as a research program -- The logical independence of the facts that are truth-makers -- Acquaintance with logical objects -- Russell's paralysis -- Retreat from Pythagoras -- 3 My fundamental idea -- Showing as radical Russellianism -- Ideal versus ordinary language -- Sub specie aeternitatis -- Russell's rejection of Showing -- Kicking away the ladder -- 4 Logic as if tautologous -- Logic as if decidable -- Scaffolding -- Wittgenstein's N-operator -- Quantification and the N-operator -- 5 Tractarian logicism -- Ramified types as scaffolding in Russell and Wittgenstein -- Equations versus tautologies -- Preceding Immediately -- Strong Ancestral -- Weak Ancestral -- Natural Number (finite cardinal) -- Counting Cardinals -- Addition -- Multiplication -- Numbers as exponents of operations -- 6 Principia's second edition -- Extensionality and neutral monism -- The oracle on Reducibility -- Slipshod notations? -- Ramsey's extensional functions -- 7 Logic as the essence of philosophy -- Ontology as meaningless -- Ontology as structured variables -- Carnap versus Quine on ontology -- Return to Pythagoras -- Appendix A: Exclusive quantifiers -- Axiomatization -- Ramsey/Hintikka translations -- Infinity as scaffolding -- Appendix B: Modality in the Tractatus -- Russell's analysis of logical necessity as universal truth -- Logical necessity as logical truth -- Tractarian combinatorialism -- Bibliography -- A. WORKS BY RUSSELL -- B. WORKS BY WITTGENSTEIN -- C. BOOKS AND ARTICLES CITED -- Index
- DOI
- 10.1017/CBO9780511487255
- ISBN
- 0521870232; 9780521870238; 9780521122900; 0521122902
- eISBN
- 0511487258; 9780511487255; 113913258X; 9781139132589; 0511294328; 9780511294327; 1107179831; 9781107179837
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK; New York
- Number of pages
- xi, 300 pages
- Alternative title
- Tractatus logico-philosophicus
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2007
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9983903693402771
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