From theory to mysticism : the unclarity of the notion 'object' in Wittgenstein's Tractatus / by Andreas Georgallides.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geōrgallidēs, Andreas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Object (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

This book focuses on the main constituent of the Bild theory of sentences in Wittgenstein's Tractatus: the term 'object'. One of the things that attracts the reader of the Tractatus is that while there is use of the notion 'object', the notion is not specified. This book explains: (a) why the term 'object' in the Tractatus is unclear; (b) what difficulties and problems result because of this lack of clarity in the Tractatus; (c) why the term 'object' might be left unclear on purpose; and (d) how the paradoxical Tractatus continues functioning in a certain way. Having in mind all of the above, this book introduces the idea of a movement from a theory of language towards a kind of mysticism. It will appeal to scholars interested in the philosophy of language and more specifically in Wittgenstein's Tractatus.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One

1. Introduction

1.1 The world as necessity in the Tractatus

1.2 The ontology of the Tractatus

1.3 The substance of the world in the Tractatus

1.4 The Bild theory of sentences - the inspiration and the steps towards the theory

1.5 The notion 'object' as a requirement of the Bild theory of sentences

Chapter Two

2. Introduction

2.1 Do objects include universals?

2.2 The relation between the Tractarian objects and the objects which we might think we experience

Chapter Three

3. Introduction

3.1 The idea of a theory of language

3.2 An explanation of the difficulty of saying that the Tractatus actually presents a theory

3.3 The impossibility of the meaningfulness of language

Chapter Four

4. Introduction

4.1 The Tractatus' paradox

4.2 Does the Tractatus communicate truths?

4.3 Is the Tractatus true, nonsense or something else?

4.4 The indeterminacies in the notion of 'object' are part of the work of moving away from 'theory' towards 'mysticism'

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-2243-1

OCLC:

1076879195