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Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions - A History and Defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement (Hardcover)
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Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions - A History and Defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
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Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions offers the first
book-length defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement
(MRTJ). Although the theory was much maligned by Wittgenstein and
ultimately rejected by Russell himself, Lebens shows that it
provides a rich and insightful way to understand the nature of
propositional content. In Part I, Lebens charts the trajectory of
Russell's thought before he adopted the MRTJ. Part II reviews the
historical story of the theory: What led Russell to deny the
existence of propositions altogether? Why did the theory keep
evolving throughout its short life? 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? In Part III, 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. This
book bridges the history of early analytic philosophy with work in
contemporary philosophy of language. It advances a bold reading of
the theory of descriptions and offers a new understanding of the
role of Stout and the representation concern in the evolution of
the MRTJ. It also makes a decisive contribution to philosophy of
language by demonstrating the viability of a no-proposition theory
of propositions.
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