Russell's logical atomism
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1246.03002
author: David Bostock
publication date: 2012-05-18T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A05
zbMATH DE Number: 6036207
zbMATH Keywords: philosophy of mathematics
zbMATH Keywords: philosophy of logic
zbMATH Keywords: early mathematical logic
zbMATH Keywords: theory of types
zbMATH Keywords: ramification
zbMATH Keywords: reducibility axiom
zbMATH Keywords: Bertrand Russell
zbMATH Keywords: Principia Mathematica
zbMATH Keywords: logical atomism
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MaRDI profile type: Publication
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title: Russell's logical atomism
review text: This is a well readable and thorough presentation and discussion of Bertrand Russell's philosophical positions as he developed and held them between about 1900 and 1925, positions called by himself occasionally `logical atomism'. Anybody who is interested to learn, or refresh, these matters is recommened to consult this book.NEWLINENEWLINEThe book is divided into three parts: (I) logic and mathematics; (II) knowledge; and (III) metaphysics. Part I describes Russell's views on logic, particularly as a basis of mathematics, and their development up to the Pricipia Mathematica volumes and the ramified theory of types. Part II is devoted to Russell's considerations about knowledge, understood as knowledge of objects as well as knowledge of facts, and his approaches toward an understanding of what minds are and how they work. Part III finally discusses Russell's view on the nature of propositions, universals, and facts.NEWLINENEWLINEThere is, finally, besides the list of references, a concordance of reprints of journal articles and a well-made extended index.
reviewed by: Siegfried J. Gottwald
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6036207