The early Wittgenstein on metaphysics, natural science, language and value

In: Routledge studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy 37

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Introduction : the status of the Tractatus -- 1. An essence to logical representation -- 2. Dissolving the subject : solipsism and the self -- 3. Psychology, philosophy and the mechanistic approach of metaphysics -- 4. Causation and the principles of the natural sciences -- 5. On the relative position of logic, science, and natural languages -- 6. The ethical purpose of the Tractatus -- Conclusion : Wittgenstein's method and the continuity in his philosophy.

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The Early Wittgenstein on Metaphysics, Natural Science, Language and Value

In: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

Tejedor, Chon

Tejedor, Chon

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This book advances a reading of Wittgenstein's Tractatus that moves beyond the main interpretative options of the New Wittgenstein debate. It covers Wittgenstein's approach to language and logic, as well as other areas unduly neglected in the literature, such as his treatment of metaphysics, the natural sciences and value. Tejedor re-contextualises Wittgenstein's thinking in these areas, plotting its evolution in his diaries, correspondence and pre-Tractatus texts, and developing a fuller picture of its intellectual background. This broadening of the angle of view is central to the interpretat

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