Russell, Idealism, and the Emergence of Analytic Philosophy

by Peter Hylton

Overview

Analytic philosophy has become the dominant philosophical tradition in the English-speaking world. This book illuminates that tradition through a historical examination of a crucial period in its formation: the rejection of Idealism by Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the subsequent development of Russell's thought in the period before the First World War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198240181
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/11/1993
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	9.13(w) x 6.13(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

University of California, Santa Barbara

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I1. The idealist background, T. H. Green2. Russell's idealist period, F. H. BradleyPart II: Platonic Atomism3. Introduction4. The underlying metaphysics5. Russell's Principles of Mathematics6. ‘On denoting'Part III: Logic, fact, and knowledge7. Introduction8. The logic of Principia Mathematica9. Judgement, belief, and knowledge: The emergence of a methodBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"This is a wonderful example of an emerging genre: treatments that are both genuinely philosophic and genuinely historical about recent philosophers."—Philosophical Review

"An impressive analysis of Russellian ideas that refreshes our vision of Russell's place in modern philosophy....Not to be missed by anyone who would be informed about Bertrand Russell's role in closing the curtain on nineteenth-century idealism and bringing on stage the new act called analytic philosophy."—International Philosophical Quarterly

"Here, at last, is a philosophically sophisticated, historically sensitive, and richly detailed account of the events that led to the overthrow of the sort of idealism that prevailed at Oxford and Cambridge at the turn of the century and its replacement by so-called analytic philosophy....A splendid book. A most welcome achievement and a must for any academic library."—Choice

"An excellent book for relatively advanced students who want to understand the currents of thought at work in early 20th-century philosophy. Highly recommended."—Barbara Hannan, University of New Mexico

"For anyone interested in the history of analytic philosophy, this book is essential. Well-written and such detail."—Michael Goodman, Humboldt State Univ.

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