Understanding Principia and Tractatus Russell and Wittgenstein Revisited

by Rao, A. P.

• ISBN13: 9781573090988
• ISBN10: 1573090980
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: International Scholars Publications

Summary

A. P. Rao is considered to be one of India's leading, modern philosophers. In this compelling new monograph, he discusses the unique philosophical energies and synergies between Russell and Wittgenstein's seminal works and re-interprets the logical-positivist thrust of language and mathematical philosophy in this century and into the next. '...a thorough display of Rao at his brilliant best... an important addition to any research library of philosophy worth its salt.' -Andrew Woznicki, University of San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgment
On 14.01 of the Principia
The Problem After One Hundred Years	p. 1
Russell's Riddles	p. 33
The Poineer's Prescience	p. 71
Crossing 'T's and Dotting 'I's in Russell's draft	p. 103
Free Description Theories	p. 145
Rodriguez-Consuegra on Russell on Definition	p. 169
Bibliography	p. 175
On 3.203 of the Tractatus
On Naming	p. 185
On Natural History	p. 211
On Generality	p. 245
On Identity	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 341
Index	p. 345
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