AN OVERVIEW OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN’S EARLY PHILOSOPHY: FROM LETTERS AND NOTEBOOKS TO THE TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS AND A LITTLE BEYOND
AN OVERVIEW OF LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN’S EARLY PHILOSOPHY: FROM LETTERS AND NOTEBOOKS TO THE TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS AND A LITTLE BEYOND
Author(s): Andreea EŞANUSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Studies
Keywords: Ludwig Wittgenstein; Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus; picture theory; philosophy of logic; foundations of mathematics; science; semantics
Summary/Abstract: In his early philosophical work, Ludwig Wittgenstein developed a full range of ideas in metaphysics, philosophy of language and value, but also in the philosophy of logic, mathematics and natural science. The aim of the present paper is to discuss these ideas in relation to Wittgenstein’s central metaphysical project, the “picture theory”. My first claim is that “picture theory” grounded a semantic research in logic, mathematics and science that was maintained by Wittgenstein until the early 1930s. Secondly, I claim that Wittgenstein’s solutions in semantics, especially after 1928, still make a pertinent philosophical project when evaluated from a contemporary perspective.
Journal: New Europe College Stefan Odobleja Program Yearbook
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 2015+16
- Page Range: 25-50
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English