Rejecting Wittgenstein’s Criticism against Russell’s Theory of Knowledge
Rejecting Wittgenstein’s Criticism against Russell’s Theory of Knowledge

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I reject Wittgenstein’s criticism of Russell’s theory ofknowledge. First, I present the historical context in which Russell formulated histheory and Wittgenstein his criticism. Then, I attempt to show that Russell’s viewshad the potential to develop into an important conceptual scheme relatingknowledge to mental phenomena. I argue that Wittgenstein’s criticism was adecisive factor in Russell’s decision not to pursue his line of enquiry. But thiscriticism was misdirected, as shown by the fact that Wittgenstein’s later work inthe Tractatus approached a range of problems different from those targeted byRussell’s theory.

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