"The determinancy of logic in Wittgenstein's ""Tractatus"""

Wittgenstein's Tractatus seems committed to the determinacy of logic in two forms: the logical properties of truth-functionally complex propositions mirror the logical structure of reality, and the logical properties of names mirror the logical properties of things named. Chapter One argues that recent criticisms of the idea that the Tractatus intends to communicate ineffable truths must be taken to heart, but that it is mistaken to suppose that Wittgenstein is clear about the status of his claims that the Tractatus is nonsense.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Lynette Ellen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Winch, Peter

• Philosophy

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Smith, Lynette Ellen

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591199970
AAI9712440
(UMI)AAI9712440

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22201