"The philosopher strives to find the liberating word, that is, the word that finally permits us to grasp what up until now has intangibly weighed down our consciousness." Would Wittgenstein have been willing to describe the Tractatus as an attempt to find "the liberating word"? This is the basic contention of this strikingly innovative new study of the Tractatus. Matthew Ostrow argues that, far from seeking to offer a new theory in logic in the tradition of Frege and Russell, Wittgenstein viewed all such endeavors as the ensnarement of thought.
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"... an original, detailed and highly compelling interpretation of Wittgenstein's philosophical aims and central concerns. Ostrow shares Diamond's and Conant's sense of dissatisfaction with the traditional readings of the work, but the interpretation he offers is significantly different from theirs and represents the first book-length attempt to develop an alternative approach in a systematic way which engages fully the details of Wittgenstein's text." Marie McGinn, University of York
"In this increasingly polarized field of Wittgenstein studies, the book's contention of the dialectical and therapeutic nature of the propositions in the Tractatus will delight some who will feel they have found a strong new speaker." Journal of the History of Philosophy
"In this increasingly polarized field of Wittgenstein studies, the book's contention of the dialectical and therapeutic nature of the propositions in the Tractatus will delight some who will feel they have found a strong new speaker." Journal of the History of Philosophy
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"The philosopher strives to find the liberating word, that is, the word that finally permits us to grasp what up until now has intangibly weighed down our consciousness." Would Wittgenstein have been willing to describe the Tractatus as an attempt to find "the liberating word"? This is the basic contention of this strikingly innovative new study of the Tractatus. Matthew Ostrow argues that, far from seeking to offer a new theory in logic in the tradition of Frege and Russell, Wittgenstein from the very beginning viewed all such endeavors as the ensnarement of thought.
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This work is a short, but not easy read. The author's view is as deep as that of Wittgenstein. It is, however, a fresh set of glasses with which to view something you thought you already new. Good choice -- especially for linguists and philosophers.
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The Tractatus opens with the famous declaration: "The world is everything that is the case" (TLP 1), followed by the qualification: "The world is the totality of facts (Tatsachen), not of things" (TLP 1.1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unanalyzed proposition, nonelementary proposition, propositional sign, general decision procedure, pictorial fact, general propositional form, atomic facts, significant proposition, elementary propositions, genuine proposition, logical picture, picture theory, spatial picture, logical constants, logical space, pictorial form, logical syntax, logical sum, primitive signs, propositional variable, liberating word, propositional function, pictorial elements New!
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The Tractatus opens with the famous declaration: "The world is everything that is the case" (TLP 1), followed by the qualification: "The world is the totality of facts (Tatsachen), not of things" (TLP 1.1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unanalyzed proposition, nonelementary proposition, propositional sign, general decision procedure, pictorial fact, general propositional form, atomic facts, significant proposition, elementary propositions, genuine proposition, logical picture, picture theory, spatial picture, logical constants, logical space, pictorial form, logical syntax, logical sum, primitive signs, propositional variable, liberating word, propositional function, pictorial elements New!
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- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 6 pages
- Philosophical Remarks by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 5 pages
- The Principles of Mathematics by Bertrand Russell on 4 pages
- Philosophical Grammar by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 4 pages
- Culture and Value by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- From Frege to Wittgenstein: Perspectives on Early Analytic Philosophy by Erich H. Reck in Table of Contents
- Future Pasts: The Analytic Tradition in Twentieth-Century Philosophy by Juliet Floyd on page 191
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