The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy

by Ronald Jager

Overview

This is Volume XI of twenty-two in a collection on 20th Century Philosophy. Originally published in 1994, this volume of the Muirhead library of philosophy in the author’s words attempts not what is difficult but what is impossible. What it attempts is a critical account of Russell's philosophy-just that-without supposing that every reader is himself a philosopher at the beginning, though he may be at the end. It is written for those who know of Russell's philosophy and wish to know about it, for those who know about it, and wish to know it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317853305
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	520
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Ronald Jager

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHARACTER OF RUSSELLS’S PHILOSOPHY A. Overview of Russell and His Work B. Design of Russell's Philosophy and of this Book c. Beginnings of Analytical Philosophy 2 THE EARLY METAPHYSICS PART I A. Being and Relations B. Properties and External Relations c. Contingent and Necessary Properties PART II D. Propositions and Their Constituents E. Propositions: Their Truth and Their Unity 3 THE THEORY OF LOGIC A. Philosophical Logic B. The Propositional Calculus: Truth Functions c. The Predicate Calculus: Quantification D. Set Theory and Paradoxes 4 THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS A. The Poetry and Essence of Mathematics B. Logicism c. Counting and Reasoning D. Critical Perspectives 5 ATOMISM: THEORIES OF LANGUAGE A. The Theory of Descriptions and Its Consequences B. Reference, Metaphysics, and Existence c. Acquaintance and Constructions: Anticipations 6 ATOMISM: THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE A. Acquaintance, Particulars, and Universals B. Sense Data and Constructions c. The Atomist World Picture 7 NEUTRAL MONISM: MIND AND MATTER A. The Neutrality of Sensations B. The Construction of Mind c. Perception and the External World D. Beyond Neutral Monism 8 NEUTRAL MONISM: THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC WORLD A. The Experiences of Others B. Perspectival Privacy and Egocentricity c. Solipsism and Privacy D. Structure and Knowledge 9 POLITICS AND EDUCATION A. Philosophy and Politics B. Psychology and Politics c. War and Politics D. Education and Freedom PART I ETHICS A. Objectivism B. Subjectivism c. Intimations of Naturalism PART II RELIGION D. Polemics E. The Worship of the Free Man F. The Final Synthesis