1. Wittgenstein and Logical Necessity

Author: Stroud, Barry

Source: Meaning, Understanding, and Practice, July 2002 , pp. 1-17(17)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

Disputes the attribution to Wittgenstein of a ‘conventionalist’ account of necessity. Conventionalism can seem appropriate given Wittgenstein's denial that there is anything in a person's understanding of the premises and rules he or she accepts, which can ‘force’ him or her to accept a particular conclusion. This conventionalist interpretation (ascribed to Michael Dummett) is resisted.

Keywords: logical necessity; Wittgenstein; Dummett; conventionalism

Document Type: Research article

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