The possibility of language : internal tensions in Wittgenstein's Tractatus / Maria Cerezo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cerezo, María, 1964-

Series:

CSLI lecture notes ; no. 147.

CSLI lecture notes ; no. 147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Tractatus logico-philosophicus.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Language and logic.

Physical Description:

xiv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications, [2005]

Summary:

In this volume, Mar[]5ia Cerezo examines Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus as a response to some of Frege's and Russel's logical problems. In analyzing the tractarian conditions for the possibility of language, she explains the two main theories of the proposition in "Tractatus: the truth-functions theory and the picture theory. 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 argues that Wittgenstein's theory of language cannot be fully understood unless attention is paid to his theory of expression and his doctrine of projection by the metaphysical subject.

Contents:

Introduction: what is the Tractatus?

The proposition as a truth-function

Picture theory I: what makes it possible to represent the facts?

Picture theory II: how does a picture actually depict the world?

The expressional power of language

Logical notations and the pseudo-language of the Tractatus

Ontology: further consequences and difficulties.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and indexes.

ISBN:

1575864371

157586438X

OCLC:

55131308

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