Propositions, functions, and analysis [[electronic resource] ] : selected essays on Russell's philosophy / / Peter Hylton

• Autore: Hylton Peter
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 192
• Soggetto topico: Analysis (Philosophy) - History - 20th century; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-223) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The nature of the proposition and the revolt against idealism -- Beginning with analysis -- Logic in Russell's logicism -- Russell's substitutional theory -- The vicious circle principle -- Review of Dummett's Origins of analytical philosophy -- Functions and propositional functions in Principia mathematica -- Functions, operations, and sense in Wittgenstein's Tractatus -- Frege and Russell -- The theory of descriptions.
• Sommario/riassunto: The work of Bertrand Russell had a decisive influence on the emergence of analytic philosophy, and on its subsequent development. The prize-winning Russell scholar Peter Hylton presents here some of his most celebrated essays from the last two decades, all of which strive to recapture and articulate Russell's monumental vision. Relating his work to that of other philosophers, particularly Frege and Wittgenstein, and featuring a previously unpublished essay and a helpful new. introduction, the volume will be essential for anyone engaged with the history of twentieth-century ideas. - ;The work o
• Titolo autorizzato: Propositions, functions, and analysis
• ISBN: 0-19-954362-3; 1-280-75610-1; 0-19-151596-5; 1-4294-2191-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451422203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II