A Note on Frege's and Russell's Influence on Wittgenstein's <i>Tractatus</i>

Abstract

Bertrand Russell for much of the stimulation of my thoughts."2Many important commentators have detected a slant towards Frege.Wittgenstein's reference to Frege's "great works" is, prima facie, stronger than his praise for Russell.This has had a profound influence on generations of commentators.Dummett writes, "The Tractatus pays a profound homage to Frege, homage that is pointedly more intense than that paid to Russell."3Anscombe writes that "His [LW