Understanding Wittgenstein's Tractatus

Recognised as one of the most argued over texts in twentieth-century philosophy, the Tractatus is explored in detail in this fascinating book. Challenging existing ideas of the 'New Wittgenstein', Frascolla sheds new light on this important text.

Pasquale Frascolla is professor in philosophy of language at the University of Basilicata, Italy. He is the author of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics, Routledge (1994).

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 THE PICTORIAL NATURE OF THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE; Chapter 3 LOGICAL ATOMISM; Chapter 4 THE AUSTERE SCHEME OF THE TRACTATUS; Chapter 5 WHAT WE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT (I); Chapter 6 WHAT WE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT (II); Chapter 7 METAPHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY AND LOGICAL SYNTAX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;