Propositions, Functions, and Analysis - Selected Essays on Russell''s Philosophy

Klappentext The work of Bertrand Russell had a decisive influence on the emergence of analytic philosophy, and on its subsequent development. The prize-winning Russell scholar Peter Hylton presents here some of his most celebrated essays from the last two decades, all of which strive to recapture and articulate Russell's monumental vision. Relating his work to that of other philosophers, particularly Frege and Wittgenstein, and featuring a previously unpublished essay and a helpful new introduction, the volume will be essential for anyone engaged with the history of twentieth-century ideas. Zusammenfassung The work of Bertrand Russell had a decisive influence on the emergence of analytic philosophy, and on its subsequent development. This book aims to recapture and articulate aspects of Russell's philosophical vision during his most influential and important period, the two decades following his break with Idealism in 1899. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The nature of the proposition and the revolt against idealism (1984) 2: Beginning with analysis (1996) 3: Logic in Russell's logicism (1990) 4: Russell's substitutional theory (1980) 5: The vicious circle principle: comments on Philippe de Rouilhan (1992) 6: Review of Michael Dummett, Origins of Anayltic Philosophy (1995) 7: Functions and propositional functions in Principia Mathematica (1994) 8: Functions, operations, and sense in Wittgenstein's Tractatus (1997) 9: Frege and Russell (2005) 10: The theory of descriptions (2003)

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• Authors: Peter Hylton, Peter (University of Illinois Hylton, Hylton Peter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2005
• EAN: 9780199286355
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928635-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: logic, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -