This systematic and historical treatment of Russell's contributions to analytic philosophy, from his embrace of analysis in 1898 to his landmark theory of descriptions in 1905, draws important connections between his philosophically motivated conception of analysis and the technical apparatus he devised to facilitate analyses in mathematics
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: J. Galaugher
EAN: 9781349453733
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 454 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-01-01
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GENRE: MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, MATHEMATICS / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Philosophy of mathematics, Mathematical foundations, Mathematical logic, History of mathematics, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Philosophy: logic
Jolen Galaugher received her PhD from McMaster University, Canada, home to the Russell Archives. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Iowa, USA. In Winter 2014 she will hold the Visiting Russell Professorship at McMaster University, where she will continue research in the History of Analytic philosophy.
