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Russell's Metaphysical Logic (Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes)
Bernard Linsky
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Description for Russell's Metaphysical Logic (Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes)
Hardcover. This study offers a novel integration of distinct aspects of Russell's thought. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 335.
This study reconciles distinct aspects of Russell's thought long thought to be incompatible, the metaphysics of universals and facts from Russell's Logical Atomism period and the philosophical justification of the ramified theory of types in the Introduction to Principia Mathematica. This account, which interprets Russell as being a realist about both universals and propositional functions, while distinguishing the two, provides a defense of some problematic features of the logic of PM including the Axiom of Reducibility and the Vicious Circle Principle. Russell's seemingly ambivalent attitude towards propositions and functions is explained by interpreting both with a broadened notion of logical ... Read more
This study reconciles distinct aspects of Russell's thought long thought to be incompatible, the metaphysics of universals and facts from Russell's Logical Atomism period and the philosophical justification of the ramified theory of types in the Introduction to Principia Mathematica. This account, which interprets Russell as being a realist about both universals and propositional functions, while distinguishing the two, provides a defense of some problematic features of the logic of PM including the Axiom of Reducibility and the Vicious Circle Principle. Russell's seemingly ambivalent attitude towards propositions and functions is explained by interpreting both with a broadened notion of logical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Series
Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9781575862095
SKU
V9781575862095
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