Routledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus
By: Michael Morris.
Series: Routledge philosophy guidebooks
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780415357210; 9780415357227; 9780203003091
Subjects: Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical; Language and languages -- Philosophy; Semantics (Philosophy)
Description: This text presents an introduction to the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Morris introduces & analyses the brief & sometimes cryptic text, including Wittgestein's life, the background to the Tractatus, & the importance of Wittgenstein's work in philosophy today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The nature of the world; title: The legacy of Frege and Russell; title: The general theory of representation; title: Sentences as models; title: Logic and compound sentences; title: Solipsism, idealism, and realism; title: Metaphysics, ethics, and the limits of philosophy; title: Appendix: The substance argument.