dc.contributor.author | Jaakson, Maja Maria Dawn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-21T13:36:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/82340 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this thesis is to shed light upon Wittgenstein's treatment of solipsism in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The present work provides a historically informed interpretation of the Tractatus as an ethically-motivated text written in a critical, broadly Kantian spirit; it investigates secondary literature on the topic of solipsism in Wittgenstein's early philosophy; and it argues the early Wittgenstein was a solipsist, but that Tractarian solipsism is of a rather peculiar character. It is maintained that Tractarian
solipsism derives its peculiarity from Wittgenstein's notion of the metaphysical subject of solipsism. The thesis makes a case for identifying such a subject with "logical space" (when the subject is viewed from the linguistic perspective) and God (when the subject is viewed from an ethical point of view.) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Tractatus logico-philosophicus | en_US |
dc.subject | Solipsism | en_US |
dc.title | On the Treatment of Solipsism in Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2010-04 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | unknown | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Michael Hymers | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Peter Schotch | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Lynette Reid | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Michael Hymers | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |