Russell vs. Wittgenstein: Judgment or Representation?

Cambridge professor of philosophy Fraser MacBride recounts the debate between Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein on Russell’s theory of judgment. Wittgenstein’s theory of representation, as advanced in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, is said to respond to and rebut Russell’s theory of judgment (aka theory of knowledge). Taken from a podcast recording of the Aspects of Philosophy at Cambridge Conference held at Hughes Hall, Pavilion Room, Nov. 19-20, 2010. A philosophy podcast, The Partially