In this volume, María Cerezo examines Wittgenstein's
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus as a response to some of
Frege's and Russell's logical problems. In analyzing the
tractarian conditions for the possibility of language, she
explains the three main theories of the proposition in
Tractatus: the truth-functions theory, the picture theory,
and the theory of expression. Cerezo shows that Wittgenstein
initially separates the account of the structure of a
proposition from the explanation of its expression. However,
contrary to his intention, the combination of these
theories creates new difficulties, since the requirements of
each theory cannot be fully respected by the others. Cerezo
also shows that Wittgenstein might have been somehow
aware of these tensions.
María Cerezo is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the
Department of Philosophy at the University of Navarra
(Spain) and the author of Lenguaje y Lógica en el Tractatus de Wittgenstein.
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: What is Tractatus
- 2 The Proposition as a Truth-function
- 3 The Picture Theory I: What Makes it Possible to Represent the Facts?
- 4 The Picture Theory II: How Does a Picture Actually Depict the World
- 5 The Expressional Power of Language
- 6 Logical Notations and the Pseudo-Language of Tractatus
- 7 Ontology: Further Consequences and Difficulties
- Epilogue: Trying to Reconcile the Tractatus
- Terminological Appendix
- References
- Index of Wittgensteing's Texts
- Index
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