The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell

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Nicholas Griffin
Cambridge University Press, 23 giu 2003
Bertrand Russell ranks as one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy. Through his books, journalism, correspondence and political activity he exerted a profound influence on modern thought. This companion centers on Russell's contributions to modern philosophy and, therefore, concentrates on the early part of his career. There are chapters on Russell's contributions to the foundations of mathematics, and on his development of logical methods in philosophy and their application to such fields as epistemology, metaphysics and the philosophy of language. The intellectual background to his work is covered, as is his engagement with such contemporaries as Frege and G. E. Moore. The final chapter considers Russell as a moral philosopher. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Russell available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Russell.
 

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Mathematics in and behind Russells Logicism and Its Reception
51
Russells Philosophical Background
84
Russell and Moore 18981905
108
Russell and Frege
128
Bertrand Russells Logicism
171
The Theory of Descriptions
202
Russells Substitutional Theory
241
The Theory of Types
286
Russells Neutral Monism
332
The Metaphysics of Logical Atomism
371
Russells Structuralism and the Absolute Description of the World
392
From Knowledge by Acquaintance to Knowledge by Causation
420
Russell Experience and the Roots of Science
449
Bertrand Russell Moral Philosopher or Unphilosophical Moralist?
475
Selective Bibliography
507
Index
541

Russells Method of Analysis
310

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