Logic as Universal Science Russell's Early Logicism and its Philosophical Context
, by Korhonen, AnssiNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780230577008 | 0230577008
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2/15/2013
Bertrand Russell was a central figure in the rise of analytic philosophy, and there are few works in the genre whose influence is comparable toThe Principles of Mathematics(1903), a book that established him as a major force in British philosophy.Logic as Universal Sciencetakes a fresh look at the context ofThe Principles. This, it is argued, involves an extended argument against Kant's transcendental idealism and his conception of mathematics as a synthetic a priori science grounded in pure intuition. Philosophically, Russell's logicism substitutes pure logic for pure intuitions as the true source of mathematical knowledge. In this way, logic turns out to be a universal science and very far from Kant's general logic, which is a concise and dry science, delivering nothing but a purely formal criterion for knowledge. The picture of logic emerging from this opposition is investigated in detail for its content and consequences.