Wittgenstein's Notes on Logic

• Groundbreaking study of the early thought of one of the great philosophers
• Fascinating insights into Wittgenstein's life and work
• Features complete text of the Notes on Logic in a new critical edition
• Essential reading for all who work on twentieth-century philosophy

Readership: Students and scholars of philosophy; particularly those interested in the history of analytic philosophy and logic.

Michael Potter, Cambridge University

Michael Potter is Reader in the Philosophy of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He is the author of Sets (OUP, 1990), Reason's Nearest Kin (OUP, 2000), Set Theory and its Philosophy (OUP, 2004), and Mathematical Knowledge (edited with Mary Leng and Alexander Paseau, OUP, 2007).

Introduction
1: Finding a Problem
2: First Steps
3: Matter
4: Analysis
5: The Fundamental Thought
6: The Symbolic Turn
7: Simplicity
8: Unity
9: Fregean Propositions
10: Assertion
11: Complex and Fact
12: Forms
13: Russell's Theory of Judgment
14: Meaning
15: Metaphysics
16: Sense
17: Truth-Functions
18: Truth-Operations
19: Molecular Propositions
20: Generality
21: Resolving the Paradoxes
22: Typical Ambiguity
23: Identity
24: Sign and Symbol
25: Wittgenstein's Theory of Judgment
26: The Picture Theory
27: Tractarian Objects
28: Philosophy
29: Themes
History of the Text
The Notes on Logic
Bibliography