ABSTRACT

Wittgenstein's role was vital in establishing mathematics as one of this century's principal areas of philosophic inquiry. In this book, the three phases of Wittgenstein's reflections on mathematics are viewed as a progressive whole, rather than as separate entities. Frascolla builds up a systematic construction of Wittgenstein's representation of the role of arithmetic in the theory of logical operations. He also presents a new interpretation of Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations - the `community view of internal relations'.

chapter |69 pages

Verificationism and Its Limits

The intermediate phase (1929–33)

chapter |74 pages

From Facts to Concepts

The later writings on mathematics (1934–44)