Russellian Origins of Analytical Philosophy - Bertrand Russell and the Unity of the Proposition

Informationen zum Autor Graham Stevens is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. Klappentext This monograph reappraises the role of Bertrand Russell's philosophical works in establishing the analytical tradition in philosophy. Zusammenfassung This monograph reappraises the role of Bertrand Russell's philosophical works in establishing the analytical tradition in philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Russell and the problem of the unity of the proposition 1 Russell, Frege, and the analysis of unities 2 Russell's paradox and the beginnings of the theory of types 3 Ramification and Principia Mathematica 4 The rise and fall of the multiple-relation theory of judgement 5 Propositions naturalized 6 Facts, propositions, and truth Bibliography, Index

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• Authors: Graham Stevens, Stevens Graham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2005
• EAN: 9780415360449
• ISBN: 978-0-415-36044-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy