3 ms·
To the best of my knowledge, Wittgenstein lived with Russel for quite some time and was a very influential force in writing the Principa. I believe I saw a lot
by crabbone 3y ago
To the best of my knowledge, Wittgenstein lived with Russel for quite some time and was a very influential force in writing the Principa. I believe I saw a lot of prototypes of the modern logical symbols in his Traktatus.
I also believe that Russel traveled to meet Frege in his quest for writing the book. He definitely saw his work even before it was published / had private conversations with him face-to-face. Not sure how much of the invented language made it into Principia, but the author was definitely familiar with Frege's work.
- joe_the_user 3y agoAll I know is Von Plato and some random readings in foundations for my degree, but this[1] seems to indicate Russel met Wittgenstein after Principia was completed. I also believe that Russel traveled to meet Frege in his quest for writing the book. No doubt, as I said above, Principia was very influenced by Frege's ideas. But it absolutely did not use Frege's notation(which was a disaster as I describe above). Von Plato really emphasizes how much of an advance the notation of Principia was. And seriously, it's remarkable how new modern mathematical logic notation is, it didn't have true modern form 'till the 20s or 30s. [1] "It was October 1911, volume one of Principia Mathematica was newly out, and Bertrand Russell, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was having his tea when a young man suddenly appeared. He introduced himself as "Loot'vig Vit'gun-shteyne". https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/when-ludwig-wittgenstein-met-bertrand-russell-1596995.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/when-ludwig-wittgen...