Samuel Lebens

Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions (eBook, ePUB)

A History and Defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers the first defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement (MRTJ). Lebens reviews the historical story of the theory: What led Russell to deny the existence of propositions altogether? What role did G. F. Stout play in the evolution of the theory? What was Wittgenstein's concern with the theory, and, if we can't know what his concern was exactly, then what are the best contending hypotheses? And why did Russell give the theory up? Lebens makes the case that Russell's concerns with the theory weren't worth its rejection. Moreover, he argues that the MRTJ does most of what we could want from an account of propositions at little philosophical cost.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351733878
• Artikelnr.: 48422075

Autorenporträt

Samuel Lebens is a Senior Research Fellow in the Philosophy Department at the University of Haifa, Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Framing Our Question
Part I: The Philosophical and Historical Background
2. Russell and Moore in Rebellion
3. Incomplete Symbols
4. Semantics, Assertion and the Theory of Descriptions
Part II: The Rise and Fall of the MRTJ
5. The Rise of the MRTJ
6. The Stoutian Evolution of the MRTJ
7. The Demise of the MRTJ
Part III: Resurrecting the MRTJ
8. Significance and Representation
9. Molecular Proposition
10. Explaining of Explanada
11. The MRTJ and its Competitors