The Possibility of Language: Internal Tensions in Wittgenstein's Tractatus (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)

In this volume, Maria Cerezo examines Wittgenstein'sTractatus Logico-Philosophicusas a response to some of Frege's and Russel's logical problems. In analyzing the tractarian conditions for the possibility of language, she explains the two main theories of the proposition inTractatus: the truth-functions theory and the picture theory. Cerezo shows that Wittgenstein initially separates the account of the structure of a proposition from the explanation of its expression. However, contrary to his intention, the combination of these theories creates new difficulties, since the requirements of each theory cannot be fully respected by the others. Cerezo also argues that Wittgenstein's theory of language cannot be fully understood unless attention is paid to his theory of expression and his doctrine of projection by the metaphysical subject.Maria Cerezo is the author of 'The Possibility of Language: Internal Tensions in Wittgenstein's Tractatus (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes)', published 2005 under ISBN 9781575864389 and ISBN 157586438X.