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On the Treatment of Solipsism in Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"

dc.contributor.authorJaakson, Maja Maria Dawn
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorunknownen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerMichael Hymersen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerPeter Schotchen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerLynette Reiden_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorMichael Hymersen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-21T13:36:47Z
dc.date.available2010
dc.date.defence2010-04
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.description.abstractThe 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.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/82340
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectWittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Tractatus logico-philosophicusen_US
dc.subjectSolipsismen_US
dc.titleOn the Treatment of Solipsism in Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"en_US

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