Russell on Metaphysics
Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell(Author)
Stephen Mumford(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 13. February 2003
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264 pages
978-0-415-27744-0 (ISBN)
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Is the world of appearances the real world?
Are there facts that exist independently of our minds?
Are there vague objects?
Russell on Metaphysics brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of Russell's writing on metaphysics in one volume. Russell's major and lasting contribution to metaphysics has been hugely influential and his insights have led to the establishment of analytic philosophy as a dominant stream in philosophy. Stephen Mumford chronicles the metaphysical nature of these insights through accessible introductions to the texts, setting them in context and understanding their continued importance. Russell on Metaphysics is both a valuable introduction to Bertrand Russell as a metaphysician, and an introduction to analytic philosophy and its history.
Are there facts that exist independently of our minds?
Are there vague objects?
Russell on Metaphysics brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of Russell's writing on metaphysics in one volume. Russell's major and lasting contribution to metaphysics has been hugely influential and his insights have led to the establishment of analytic philosophy as a dominant stream in philosophy. Stephen Mumford chronicles the metaphysical nature of these insights through accessible introductions to the texts, setting them in context and understanding their continued importance. Russell on Metaphysics is both a valuable introduction to Bertrand Russell as a metaphysician, and an introduction to analytic philosophy and its history.
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Postgraduate
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
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454 gr
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978-0-415-27744-0 (9780415277440)
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Stephen Mumford is Reader in Metaphysics at the Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham. He is author of Dispositions (1998) and various papers in metaphysics.
Content
Acknowledgements Introduction PART I Idealism 1) From Greek Exercises 2) On the Distinction Between the Psychological and Metaphysical Points 3) The Free-Will Problem from an Idealist Standpoint 4) From The Dialectic of the Sciences 5) Seems Madam? Nay It Is PART II Ontology (I) 6) From The Principles of Mathematics 7) The Existential Import of Propositions 8) Three Letters to Meinong 9) The Basics of Realism 10) From Analytic Realism 11) From The Philosophy of Logical Atomism PART III Universals 12) On the Relations of Universals and Particulars 13) The Problem of Universals PART IV Causality and Laws 14) On the Notion of Cause 15) Causal Laws in Physics 16) Physics and Metaphysics 17) Causal Laws PART V Ontology (II) 18) Vagueness 19) Physics and Neutral Monism 20) Language and Metaphysics 21) The Principle of Individualism