Peter Hylton

Propositions, Functions, and Analysis

Selected Essays on Russell's Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The work of Bertrand Russell had a decisive influence on the emergence of analytic philosophy, and on its subsequent development. The prize-winning Russell scholar Peter Hylton presents here some of his most celebrated essays from the last two decades, all of which strive to recapture and articulate Russell's monumental vision.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780199543625
• ISBN-10: 0199543623
• Artikelnr.: 24424223

Autorenporträt

Peter Hylton is Professor of Philosophy and UIC Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago; he has been Chair of the department since August 2006. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard University. His chief area of interest is in understanding, interpreting, and coming to terms with the history of analytic philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: The nature of the proposition and the revolt against idealism
(1984)
* 2: Beginning with analysis (1996)
* 3: Logic in Russell's logicism (1990)
* 4: Russell's substitutional theory (1980)
* 5: The vicious circle principle: comments on Philippe de Rouilhan
(1992)
* 6: Review of Michael Dummett, Origins of Anayltic Philosophy (1995)
* 7: Functions and propositional functions in Principia Mathematica
(1994)
* 8: Functions, operations, and sense in Wittgenstein's Tractatus
(1997)
* 9: Frege and Russell (2005)
* 10: The theory of descriptions (2003)