This Element outlines Wittgenstein's early and later philosophies of logic, and explains Wittgenstein's views regarding the methodological significance of logic for philosophy. Wittgenstein's early philosophy of logic is presented as a further development of Frege's and Russell's accounts of logic, and Wittgenstein later philosophy as a response to problems with his early views, including confusions about idealization and abstraction in logic. The later Wittgenstein's novel logical methods, such as the method of language-games, are outlined, and the new kind of logical naturalism developed in his later philosophy described. I conclude by discussing the later Wittgenstein on names.
- | Author: Oskari Kuusela
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Jun 23, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 75 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Philosophy
- | ISBN-10: 1108986641
- | ISBN-13: 9781108986649