Russell: a guide for the perplexed

by Ongley, John

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Title Statements

Full title :Russell : a guide for the perplexed / John Ongley and Rosalind Carey.

Summary

"A student's guide to the central ideas and key works of Bertrand Russell"--

"Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Over his professional career of 45 years Russell left his mark and influence in many domains of intellectual inquiry. This includes the foundations of mathematics, the philosophy of science, metaphysics, the theory of knowledge, the philosophy of language, education, religion, history, ethics and politics. In Russell: A Guide for the Perplexed, John Ongley and Rosalind Carey offer a clear and thorough account of the work and thought of this key thinker, providing a thematic outline of his central ideas and his enduring influence throughout the field of philosophy. The authors lay out a detailed survey of Russell's academic, technical philosophy, exploring his work on logic, mathematics, metaphysics, language, knowledge and science. This concise and accessible book engages the reader in a deeper critical analysis of Russell's prolific philosophical and literary output"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

Notes

Machine generated contents note: Part I: Background \ 1. Introduction: Russell's Life, Thought and Major Works \ 2. Philosophy in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries \ Part II: Theoretical Philosophy \ 3. The Nature of Analysis and Analytic Philosophy \ 4. The Nature of Logic and Mathematics \ 5. The Nature of Mind \ 6. Metaphysics: The Nature of Reality \ 7. The Nature of Knowledge \ 8. The Nature of Language \ Part III: Practical Philosophy \ 9. Human Nature and Reality \ 10. Social and Political Philosophy \ 11. Summary and Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index.

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Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781441192936, 144119293X
oclc:ocn825067792
LC Classification:B1649.R94
Dewey Decimal:192

Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1 Logic and logicism: Basic concepts; 2 The emergence of logicism; 3 Logicism and analysis; 4 Logical analysis: the theory of descriptions; 5 Logical analysis: the "no-class" theory of classes; 6 Logical analysis: the theory of logical types; 7 Analysis and metaphysics; 8 Analysis and the theory of knowledge; 9 Analysis and the theory of meaning; Chapter 2 Naïve logicism; 1 Historical background to logicism; 2 Introducing Peano's axioms; 3 The definition of number; 4 Peano's axioms without definitions.

5 The true meaning of "number"6 The concepts defined and axioms derived; 7 A more careful definition and derivation of the axioms; 8 Ordering the natural numbers; 9 Positive integers, negative integers, and fractions; 10 Background to defining real numbers; 11 Real and complex numbers defined; Chapter 3 Restricted logicism; 1 Background to discovering the russell paradox; 2 The set of all sets that are not members of themselves; 3 Other paradoxes soon discovered; 4 The vicious circle principle; 5 Some logic for the theory of types; 6 The theory of logical types.

7 The ramified theory of logical types8 Observati…