Author(s): Michael Potter
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 304
Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 16
1.1 Early life......Page 21
1.2 Manchester......Page 22
1.3 The Principles of Mathematics......Page 25
1.4 Logicism......Page 28
1.5 Russell’s paradox......Page 30
2.1 Cambridge......Page 33
2.2 On denoting......Page 35
2.3 Sense-data......Page 38
3.1 The project......Page 41
3.2 On matter......Page 42
3.3 Dawes Hicks......Page 45
3.4 The relation of sense-data to physics......Page 48
3.5 The atomistic assumption......Page 51
4.1 Inference or construction?......Page 54
4.2 Wittgenstein’s conception......Page 58
4.3 Practicalities......Page 60
5.1 Why logic?......Page 64
5.2 Logical constants as incomplete symbols......Page 66
5.3 There are no logical constants......Page 67
5.4 There are no real variables......Page 69
5.5 Logic as a special science......Page 72
5.6 Logic as contentless......Page 73
5.7 The fundamental thought......Page 76
6.1 Propositions......Page 78
6.2 The rejection of psychologism......Page 79
6.3 The reliability of language......Page 81
6.4 Conflicting conceptions......Page 83
7.1 Realism......Page 85
7.2 Solipsism......Page 88
7.3 Idealism......Page 89
7.4 Reconciliation......Page 91
8.1 The copula......Page 93
8.2 There cannot be different types of things......Page 95
8.3 The theory of types is superfluous......Page 97
9.1 Frege’s notion of assertion......Page 101
9.2 Propositions are not names of truth-values......Page 103
9.3 Whose influence?......Page 105
9.4 Propositions as articulate......Page 106
10.1 The judgment stroke as force indicator......Page 109
10.2 Asserted and unasserted propositions......Page 110
10.3 Assertion as psychological......Page 113
10.4 Psychology......Page 114
11.1 A world of facts, not of things......Page 117
11.2 Influences......Page 120
11.3 Russell on facts......Page 121
12.1 Form as name......Page 124
12.2 Form as function......Page 126
12.3 The form of a fact......Page 128
12.4 The unity of the proposition......Page 129
12.5 The symbolic turn again......Page 131
13.1 The original multiple relation theory......Page 133
13.2 A problem for the original theory......Page 135
13.3 Russell’s revised theory......Page 137
13.4 Wittgenstein’s further objection......Page 139
13.5 Acquaintance......Page 140
13.6 Another formulation......Page 141
13.7 The fate of the multiple relation theory......Page 143
13.8 Other accounts......Page 144
14 Meaning......Page 147
14.1 Russell’s lectures on logical atomism......Page 148
14.2 Propositions are not names of their meanings......Page 150
14.3 Meanings as facts......Page 152
14.4 The demise of propositional meaning......Page 155
15.1 Disjunctive facts......Page 157
15.2 Negative facts......Page 158
15.3 Summing facts......Page 160
15.4 General facts......Page 162
15.5 Logical data......Page 164
16.1 Semantic value......Page 166
16.2 The semantic value of a form......Page 168
16.3 The compass-needle analogy......Page 170
16.4 Grain......Page 171
17.1 Using primitive signs......Page 173
17.3 Truth-diagrams......Page 175
17.4 Comparison......Page 178
18.1 The problem......Page 180
18.2 The solution......Page 181
18.3 Duality......Page 183
19.1 Terminology......Page 185
19.2 Which fact?......Page 186
19.3 Poles......Page 188
19.4 The inputs......Page 189
20.1 Variables as classes of propositions......Page 192
20.2 Notation......Page 195
20.3 Undecidability......Page 196
21.1 Russell’s theory of types......Page 199
21.2 Wittgenstein’s vicious circle principle......Page 201
21.3 Types as classes of propositions......Page 202
21.4 Types and molecular propositions......Page 204
21.5 Types and generality......Page 205
21.6 Uniting generality and truth-functions......Page 206
21.7 The general form of proposition......Page 207
21.8 Unsayability......Page 208
22.1 Typical ambiguity......Page 211
22.2 Independent indefinables......Page 214
22.3 Whitehead......Page 215
23.1 Russell’s definition......Page 219
23.2 Eliminating identity......Page 221
23.3 The notational problem......Page 222
24.1 Seeing through to the symbol......Page 224
24.2 Same sign, different symbol......Page 225
24.3 Same symbol, different sign......Page 227
24.4 Symbol in terms of sign......Page 229
24.5 The symbol vanishes......Page 231
25.1 Russell’s later views......Page 233
25.2 The theory of judgment in the Notes......Page 234
25.3 Wittgenstein’s later theory of judgment......Page 235
25.4 Ramsey......Page 237
26.1 Coincidence of structure......Page 239
26.2 The picturing analogy......Page 241
26.3 Truth......Page 242
26.4 The identity theory......Page 244
26.5 Possibility......Page 246
27.1 Relations as objects......Page 247
27.2 Widening the scope......Page 248
27.3 Facts in the Tractatus......Page 251
27.4 Confusion?......Page 252
28.1 Metaphysics......Page 256
28.2 Psychology......Page 258
28.3 Epistemology......Page 259
28.4 Value......Page 260
29.1 Working methods......Page 264
29.2 Characteristics......Page 265
29.3 What if......Page 268
29.4 Fundamental thoughts......Page 269
29.5 Influences on Wittgenstein......Page 270
29.6 Influence on Russell......Page 274
29.7 Influence on Frege......Page 275
29.8 Conclusion......Page 276
A.1 Narrative......Page 278
A.2 The manuscripts......Page 280
A.3 Russell’s labelling......Page 283
A.4 The Costello version......Page 286
A.6 Conclusion......Page 289
The Birmingham Notes......Page 291
The Cambridge Notes......Page 299
Textual notes......Page 305
The Costello version......Page 307
Tractatus......Page 312
F......Page 314
L......Page 315
P......Page 316
U......Page 317
W......Page 318
Primary sources......Page 320
Secondary sources......Page 321