From Frege to Wittgenstein: Perspectives on Early Analytic Philosophy
Analytic philosophy—arguably one of the most important philosophical movements in the twentieth century—has gained a new historical self-consciousness, particularly about its own origins. Between 1880 and 1930, the most important work of its founding figures (Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein) not only gained attention but flourished. In this collection, fifteen previously unpublished essays explore different facets of this period, with an emphasis on the vital intellectual relationship...
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Analytic philosophy—arguably one of the most important philosophical movements in the twentieth century—has gained a new historical self-consciousness, particularly about its own origins. Between 1880 and 1930, the most important work of its founding figures (Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein) not only gained attention but flourished. In this collection, fifteen previously unpublished essays explore different facets of this period, with an emphasis on the vital intellectual relationship between Frege and the early Wittgenstein.
ContributorsIBackground and General Themes1Wittgenstein's "Great Debt" to Frege: Biographical Traces and Philosophical Themes32Frege, Lotze, and the Continental Roots of Early Analytic Philosophy393One Wittgenstein?52IIFrege4Frege on the Indefinability of Truth755On Interpreting Frege on Truth and Logic966Logical Objects in Frege's Grundgesetze, Section 101257Section 31 Revisited: Frege's Elucidations149IIIFrege to Early Wittgenstein8Wittgenstein's Understanding of Frege: The Pre-Tractarian Evidence1859Frege and Early Wittgenstein on Logic and Language20110Wittgenstein against Frege and Russell22711Truth before Tarski: After Sluga, after Ricketts, after Geach, after Goldfarb, Hylton, Floyd, and Van Heijenoort252IVEarly Wittgenstein12The Tractatus on Inference and Entailment28313Number and Ascriptions of Number in Wittgenstein's Tractatus30814Wittgenstein and the Liberating Word35315The Method of the Tractatus374Index463
