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The Mechanics of Meaning: Propositional Content and the Logical Space of Wittgenstein's Tractatus (Quellen Und Studien Zur Philosophie, Bd. 57)

By David Hyder

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
3110172186, 9783110172188
Open Library ID
OL22523802M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11829205 bytes)
Pages
227\244
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This analysis of Wittgenstein's concept of a "spielraum", in which the author approaches the "trachus logico-philosophicus" both systematically and from the perspective of the history of philosophy and knowledge, opens up a new perspective in Wittgenstein research. In establishing unexpected cross-connections between physics, the theory of perception and logic, David Hyder links between early sensory physiology and the logicism of Russell and Frege yield a sharper and more plausible account of the notion of a "space" of possible meanings than has hitherto been avalible in the secondary literature. In showing this notion to be a formal precursor to that of a language game, the study also provides important pointers for the interpretation of Wittgenstein's late work.

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