Toward Principia Mathematica 1905-08 (Collected Papers, Vol 5)
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This volume of Bertrand Russell's Collected Papers finds Russell focused on writing Principia Mathematica during 1905 08. Eight previously unpublished papers shed light on his different versions of a substitutional theory of logic, with its elimination of classes and relations, during 1905-06. A recurring issue for him was whether a type hierarchy had to be part of a substitutional theory. In mid-1907 he began writing up the final version of Principia, now using a ramified theory of types, and eleven unpublished drafts from 1907-08 deal with this. Numerous letters show his thoughts on the process.The volume's 80-page introduction covers the evolution of his logic from 1896 until 1909, when volume I of Principia went to the printer.
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- Name of the Author
- Bertrand Russell
Gregory H. Moore - Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780415820981
- Release date
- 2014
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This volume of Bertrand Russell's Collected Papers finds Russell focused on writing Principia Mathematica during 1905 08. Eight previously unpublished papers...