Wittgenstein's Logical Atomism [Book Review]

Review of Metaphysics 18 (1):175-175 (1964)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

When Anscombe wrote her introduction to the Tractatus, she argued that the book should be approached with an awareness of the logical issues that preoccupied Wittgenstein, especially the work of Russell and Frege. The publication of the Notebooks further supported this suggestion. Now Griffin has written a commentary on the set of questions centering on atomic proposition and makes extensive use of the pre-Tractarian writings. As a result, he clarifies a number of technical issues concerning logical atomism. Especially interesting is the use he makes of Hertz in dealing with the Tractatus. Like so many other recent discussions of the Tractatus, Griffin's commentary suffers because he does not attempt to come to grips with the work as a whole.—R. J. B.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,616

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Wittgenstein's logical atomism.Ian Proops - 2004 - Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (65):374-376.
Logical atomism in Russell and Wittgenstein.Ian Proops - 2011 - In Marie McGinn & Oskari Kuusela (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Wittgenstein. Oxford University Press.
Logical space and metaphysical systems.Bogus?aw Wolniewicz - 1983 - Studia Logica 42 (2-3):269 - 284.
Russell's Logical atomism.Bertrand Russell - 1972 - London,: Fontana. Edited by David Pears & Bertrand Russell.
Russell's logical atomism.David Bostock - 2012 - Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wittgenstein's logical atomism.James Griffin - 1964 - Oxford,: Clarendon Press.
Wittgenstein’s Logical Atomism. [REVIEW]I. A. Bunting - 1967 - Philosophical Studies (Dublin) 16 (65):363-364.

Analytics

Added to PP
2012-03-18

Downloads
23 (#584,438)

6 months
1 (#1,040,386)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references