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The Mathematical Philosophy of Bertrand Russell: Origins and Development (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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The Mathematical Philosophy of Bertrand Russell: Origins and Development (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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by Ivor Grattan-Guinness Until twenty years ago the outline history
of logicism was well known. Frege had had the important ideas,
until he was eclipsed by Wittgenstein. Russell was important in
publicising the former and tutoring the latter, and also for
working with Moore in the conversion of British philosophy from
neo-Hegelianism to the new analytic tradition in the 1900s, but his
own work on logic and especially logicism was very muddled. Around
that time Russell, who was still alive, sold his manuscripts to
McMaster University in Canada, and interest in his achievements in
logic began to develop, especially after his death in 1970.
Scholars found thousands of folios of unpublished holograph
awaiting their attention, and also hundreds of pertinent letters
(both in the Russell Archives and elsewhere in certain recipients'
collections). Various facets of his work came to light for the
first time, and others -which could have been gleaned from
carefully reading of the published sources- gained new publicity
from the evidence revealed in manuscripts. Even the technical
passage work, which constitutes the unread majority of the
Principia mathematica (1910-13) of Russell and Whitehead, began to
receive a little respectful scrutiny. It turned out that Russell
had done several pioneering things. While indeed often incoherent
in reference and content, they comprised major forays into the new
mathematical logic, of which he turned out to be a major founder:
some are even of interest to modem studies.
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