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Wittgenstein's color exclusion and Johnson's determinable
pp. 257-282
Abstract
The paper aims at comparing Wittgenstein's discussion of color exclusion in his (1929) to Johnson's doctrine of determinable and determinate expounded in his (1921). I first (Sects. §2–§4) summarize Wittgenstein's developments about the incompatibility of elementary propositions and about the logic of color statements. In the second part (Sects. §5–§7), I present and discuss Johnson's doctrine in relation to Wittgenstein's development. In a third conclusive moment (Sect. §8), drawing on a early work of Prior, I argue that the distinction made by Wittgenstein and Johnson between predication and determination should be looked at from a long term historical perspective.
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Costreie Sorin (2016) Early analytic philosophy: new perspectives on the tradition. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 257-282
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24214-9_10
Full citation:
Gandon Sébastien (2016) „Wittgenstein's color exclusion and Johnson's determinable“, In: S. Costreie (ed.), Early analytic philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer, 257–282.