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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454679103321

Autore

Hylton Peter

Titolo

Russell, idealism, and the emergence of analytic philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hylton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1990

ISBN

0-19-159776-7

1-282-05199-7

9786612051999

0-19-151985-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 p.)

Disciplina

146.4

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy) - History

Idealism - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: The Idealist Background""; ""1. T. H. Green""; ""2. F. H. Bradley""; ""3. Russell's Idealist Period""; ""Part II: Platonic Atomism""; ""Introduction""; ""4. The Underlying Metaphysics""; ""5. Russell's Principles of Mathematics""; ""6. �On Denoting�""; ""Part III: Logic, Fact, and Knowledge""; ""Introduction""; ""7. The Logic of Principia Mathematica""; ""8. Judgement, Belief, and Knowledge: The Emergence of a Method""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""

""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

The author sheds light on the tradition of analytic philosophy by examining one important phase in its formation. This phase is Bertrand Russell's rejection of Absolute Idealism, and his development of a new philosophy based, in part, on the logic that he developed.