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The Origins Of Wittgenstein's Verificationism
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Synthese. Kluwer Academic Publishers, v. 78, n. 3, p. 265 - 290, 1989.
397857
10.1007/BF00869351
2-s2.0-34249965453
Autor
Wrigley M.
Institución
Resumen
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) The question is raised of the source of the extreme verificationist views which Wittgenstein put forward immediately after his return to philosophy in 1929. Since these views appear to be radically different from the ideas put forward in the Tractatus some explanation of this dramatic new turn in Wittgenstein's thought certainly seems to be called for. Wittgenstein's very low level of interest in philosophy between 1918 and shortly before his return to philosophy is documented. Attention then focuses on the crucial period immediately before Wittgenstein's return to Cambridge, and it is shown that in this period he encountered only two new philosophical influences. These were the ideas of Brouwer and the ideas of the Vienna Circle. Each of these is examined and neither is found capable of providing an explanation of the source of Wittgenstein's verificationism. This leads to a reconsideration of the underlying assumption that Wittgenstein's verificationism does represent the radical departure from the ideas of the Tractatus which it appears to. It is argued that the only way we can account for Wittgenstein's evident approval of the reading of the Tractatus which he must have encountered in his meetings with members of the Vienna Circle is by concluding that, far from being incompatible with his earlier ideas, some form of verificationism must always have been implicit in the Tractatus. © 1989 Kluwer Academic Publishers. 78 3 265 290 09/17234-9; FAPESP; São Paulo Research Foundation; 12/10685-8; FAPESP; São Paulo Research Foundation Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)