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Foundations of Logic 1903-05 (Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell)
Foundations of Logic 190305 - Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell Author:Bertrand Russell, Alasdair Urquhart, Albert C. Lewis This volume covers the period from the beginning of Bertrand Russell's work on Volume Two of the Principles of Mathematics to the critical discovery of the theory of descriptions in 1905. Foundations of Logic gives a vivid picture of Russell wrestling with the logical paradoxes, often unsuccessfully, as he tries out one foundational scheme after... more » another. This volume provides the key to both Russell's philosophy of logic and philosophy of mathematics. It includes unpublished work on the theory of denoting and unpublished manuscripts on the so-called ``zig-zag'' theory. The volume also gathers together for the first time a number of reviews and survey articles, along with two talks on modality and truth.« less