Logical Space and Phase-Space
John Preston · 2015
One prominent account of Wittgenstein's notion of logical space, due toStephen Toulmin and Allan Janik, ties that notion to the notion of phase-space in the scientific work of Ludwig Boltzmann.I cast doubt upon this attempt to link these notions, and evaluate whether any of the classic conceptions of logical space in the early commentaries on the Tractatus make logical space into a kind of phase-space.I conclude that for Wittgenstein and these commentators, logical space is a quasi-linguistic space, but that this is what precludes it being at the same time a phase-space.