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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824923303321

Autore

Bonino Guido

Titolo

The arrow and the point : Russell and Wittgenstein's Tractatus / / Guido Bonino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heusenstamm [Germany], : ontos, 2008

ISBN

3-11-032428-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Logos ; ; Bd. 11

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Logic

Aesthetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Falsehood, negation, and logical constants -- pt. 2. Facts.

Sommario/riassunto

The book aims at a comprehensive account of the relationship between Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Russell's philosophy as it developed between 1903 and 1918. The focus is on the central nucleus of the Tractatus, i.e., on its ontology and the picture theory of language. On Russell's side, the multiple-relation theory of judgment has been chosen as the leading theme around which the presentation of several other issues is organized. Whereas the similarity between Russell's and Wittgenstein's problems is pointed out, the deep difference between their solutions is acknowledged