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Russell and Wittgenstein on the Nature of Judgement

  • Hardback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 16.3 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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For philosophy students and enthusiasts of logic

Clarifies complex ideas on judgement and cognition

You will gain fresh insights into key philosophical debates

This book explores the pivotal exchanges between Russell and Wittgenstein on judgement and logic.

In 1911 Bertrand Russell began a historically formative interchange about the nature of logic and cognition with his student, Ludwig Wittgenstein. In 1913, Russell set to work on a manuscript, the Theory of Knowledge, designed to move from the analysis of perception to judgment and on to knowledge of the world. After Wittgenstein interrupted Russell's daily writing with a series of objections to his doctrine of judgment and conception of logic, Russell abandoned his project in despair, leaving it unfinished. His subsequent work can be understood largely as an attempt to assimilate and respond to Wittgenstein's challenge in 1913. Russell and Wittgenstein on the Nature of Judgement is the first book-length treatment of Russell's decisive 1913 exchanges with Wittgenstein. Rosalind Carey incorporates little-known notes and diagrams into a new analysis of the problems Russell was facing. She also evaluates the numerous interpretations of Russell's positions and Wittgenstein's objections to them. The result is a new perspective on both these great thinkers, at a crucial point in the development of twentieth-century philosophy.

  • Title

    Russell and Wittgenstein on the Nature of Judgement

  • Author

    Rosalind Carey

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    May 2007

  • Weight

    373g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    16.3 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780826488114

  • ISBN-10

    0826488110

  • Eden Code

    1004460