The Philosophy of Logical Atomism A Centenary Reappraisal /

The Philosophy of Logical Atomism A Centenary Reappraisal /

This book offers a comprehensive critical survey of issues of historical interpretation and evaluation in Bertram Russell's 1918 logical atomism lectures and logical atomism itself. These lectures record the culmination of Russell's thought in response to discussions with Wittgenstein on t...

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Other Authors: Elkind, Landon D. C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Landini, Gregory (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:History of Analytic Philosophy
Subjects:
Logic.
Mathematics-Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy of Mathematics.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Part I History of Russell's Logical Atomism
  • 1. On Russell's Logical Atomism; Landon D. C. Elkind
  • 2. Logical Atomism's Necessity; Gregory Landini
  • 3. Logical Atomism in Russell's Later Works; Gülberk Koç Maclean
  • Part II Influences on Russell's Logical Atomism,- 4. Russell and Frege on the Power of Symbols and the Compositionality of Linguistic Expressions; Pieranna Garavaso
  • 5. Russell's and Wittgensten's Logical Atomisms; David G. Stern
  • 6. Russell in Transition 1914-1918: From Theory of Knowledge to "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism"; Russell Wahl
  • Part III Metaphysics: Fundamentality and Negative Facts
  • 7. Russell on Ontological Fundamentality and Existence; Kevin C. Klement
  • 8. The Near Riot Over Negative Facts; Bernard Linsky
  • 9. Can we be Positive About Russell's Negative Facts?; Katarina Perović
  • Part IV Language: The Theory of Judgment and Descriptivism
  • 10. Russell's Discussion of Judgment in the Philosophy of Logical Atomism: Did Russell have a Theory of Judgemen in 1918?; Anssi Korhonen
  • 11. Russell's Descriptivism about Proper Name and Indexicals: Reconstruction and Defense; Francesco Orilia
  • Part V Epistemology: Acquaintance and Analysis
  • 12. The Possibility of Analysis: Convergence and Proofs of Convergence; David Fisher and Charles McCarty
  • 13. The Underlying Presuppositions of Logical Atomism; Richard Fumerton
  • 14. Russell and Wittgenstein on Occam's Razor; James Levine.

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