Inquiry Into Meaning and Truth

In An Inquiry Into Meaning and Truth, Bertrand Russell returns to philosophy after a long period of writing about education, religion and marriage. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Pascal Engel, placing Russell's book in helpful philosophical context.

List of contents

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Pascal Engel Preface Introduction 1. What is a Word? 2. Sentences, Syntax, and Parts of Speech 3. Sentences Describing Experiences 4. The Object-Language 5. Logical Words 6. Proper Names 7. Egocentric Particulars 8. Perception and Knowledge 9. Epistemological Premisses 10. Basic Propositions 11. Factual Premisses 12. An Analysis of Problems Concerning Propositions 13. The Significance of Sentences: A. General. B. Psychological. C. Syntactical 14. Language as an Expression 15. What Sentences "Indicate" 16. Truth and Falsehood, Preliminary Discussion 17. Truth and Experience 18. General Beliefs 19. Extensionality and Atomicity 20. The Law of Excluded Middle 21. Truth and Verification 22. Significance and Verification 23. Warranted Assertibility 24. Analysis 25. Language and Metaphysics. Index

About the author

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). A celebrated mathematician and logician and gifted philosopher, Russell remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.

Summary

In An Inquiry Into Meaning and Truth, Bertrand Russell returns to philosophy after a long period of writing about education, religion and marriage. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Pascal Engel, placing Russell's book in helpful philosophical context.

Product details

• Authors: Bertrand Russell, Russell Bertrand
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032914879
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291487-9
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Routledge Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge