Tractarian Semantics
Finding Sense in Wittgenstein's "Tractatus"
Published on 31. August 1989
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-631-16956-7 (ISBN)
Description
In arguing that the "Tractatus" has a set of semantic doctrines which can be held separate from his metaphysical views, the author wants to claim that it should be seen in the same way as Frege's work.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
491 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-16956-7 (9780631169567)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Principles of interpretation; background - Frege and Russell; "sinn" and "bedeutung"; in search of sense; essential sense; sense and nonsense; unity of content; "gedanken"; the existence of thoughts; thinking and language-using; name and object; names, knowledge and identity; proper name semantics; isomorphic representation; the picture theory; predicate semantics.