---
_id: '58821'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Susan Stebbing wrote only once on Wittgenstein, in her paper ‘Logical Positivism
    and Analysis’ (1933). The paper was unusually critical of Wittgenstein. It put
    the Cambridge analytic philosophy of Moore and Russell in a sharp opposition to
    the positivist philosophy of the Vienna Circle, in which Stebbing included Wittgenstein.
    Whereas the positivists were interested in analysing language, the Cambridge realists
    were analysing facts. To be more explicit, the analytic philosophers were engaged
    in directional analysis, which seeks to illuminate (to elucidate) the multiplicity
    of the analysed facts. In contrast, positivists aimed at a final analysis that
    proves that there are simples. Stebbing’s sympathies were clearly on the side
    of the Cambridge realists. The important implication of Stebbing’s paper was that
    it urged Wittgenstein to change the style of his philosophy, abandoning those
    points which allegedly connected him with the Vienna Circle.
author:
- first_name: Nikolay
  full_name: Milkov, Nikolay
  id: '357'
  last_name: Milkov
citation:
  ama: 'Milkov N. Stebbing’s Wittgenstein. In: Khani  AH, Kemp  G, eds. <i>Wittgenstein
    and Other Philosophers: His Influence on Historical and Contemporary Analytic
    Philosophers, Vol. II</i>. 1st ed. Routledge.'
  apa: 'Milkov, N. (n.d.). Stebbing’s Wittgenstein. In A. H. Khani  &#38; G. Kemp  (Eds.),
    <i>Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers: His Influence on Historical and Contemporary
    Analytic Philosophers, vol. II</i> (1st ed.). Routledge.'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Milkov, place={London}, edition={1}, title={Stebbing’s Wittgenstein},
    booktitle={Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers: His Influence on Historical and
    Contemporary Analytic Philosophers, vol. II}, publisher={Routledge}, author={Milkov,
    Nikolay}, editor={Khani , Ali Hossein  and Kemp , Gary } }'
  chicago: 'Milkov, Nikolay. “Stebbing’s Wittgenstein.” In <i>Wittgenstein and Other
    Philosophers: His Influence on Historical and Contemporary Analytic Philosophers,
    Vol. II</i>, edited by Ali Hossein  Khani  and Gary  Kemp , 1st ed. London: Routledge,
    n.d.'
  ieee: 'N. Milkov, “Stebbing’s Wittgenstein,” in <i>Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers:
    His Influence on Historical and Contemporary Analytic Philosophers, vol. II</i>,
    1st ed., A. H. Khani  and G. Kemp , Eds. London: Routledge.'
  mla: 'Milkov, Nikolay. “Stebbing’s Wittgenstein.” <i>Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers:
    His Influence on Historical and Contemporary Analytic Philosophers, Vol. II</i>,
    edited by Ali Hossein  Khani  and Gary  Kemp , 1st ed., Routledge.'
  short: 'N. Milkov, in: A.H. Khani , G. Kemp  (Eds.), Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers:
    His Influence on Historical and Contemporary Analytic Philosophers, Vol. II, 1st
    ed., Routledge, London, n.d.'
date_created: 2025-02-24T18:29:59Z
date_updated: 2025-02-24T18:30:06Z
ddc:
- '100'
department:
- _id: '14'
edition: '1'
editor:
- first_name: 'Ali Hossein '
  full_name: 'Khani , Ali Hossein '
  last_name: 'Khani '
- first_name: 'Gary '
  full_name: 'Kemp , Gary '
  last_name: 'Kemp '
keyword:
- directional analysis
- elucidation
- facts
- metaphysics
- G. E. Moore
- Russell
- Stebbing
- John Wisdom
- Wittgenstein
language:
- iso: eng
place: London
publication: 'Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers: His Influence on Historical and
  Contemporary Analytic Philosophers, vol. II'
publication_status: inpress
publisher: Routledge
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Stebbing's Wittgenstein
type: book_chapter
user_id: '357'
year: '2025'
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