The Enchantment of Words: Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

by Denis McManus

Overview

The Enchantment of Words is a study of Wittgenstein's early masterpiece, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Recent years have seen a great revival of interest in the Tractatus. McManus's study of the work offers novel readings of all its major themes and sheds light on issues in metaphysics, ethics and the philosophies of mind, language, and logic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199288021
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/24/2006
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	9.52(w) x 6.56(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Denis McManus is Reader and Director of Postgraduate Studies, University of Southampton

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Some Historical Preliminaries3. Objects, Names, Facts, and Propositions4. The Method of the Tractatus5. The Picture Analogy6. Logical and Ontological Types7. The Supposed 'Con-formity' of Language and World8. Subjectivity9. Objects Revisited10. Method Revisited11. The General Form of the Proposition12. Problem Cases for the General Form13. Ethics and 'the Inexpressible'14. Ethics and 'the Ladder'15. ConclusionAppendix A: The Later WittgensteinAppendix B: List of Abbreviations Used for Particular 'Theses' of the Tractatus