The Logical Must: Wittgenstein on Logic

by Penelope Maddy

Book Overview

The Logical Must is an examination of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy of logic, early and late, undertaken from an austere naturalistic perspective Penelope Maddy has called "Second Philosophy." The Second Philosopher is a humble but tireless inquirer who begins her investigation of the world with ordinary perceptual beliefs, moves from there to empirical generalizations, then to deliberate experimentation, and eventually to theory formation and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199391750
• ISBN13: 9780199391752
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"