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REPAIRING BERTRAND RUSSELL?S 1913 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
01 / 2023
9783030663582
Anglès

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This book repairs and revives the Theory of Knowledge research program ofáRussellâÇÖs Principia era. Chapter 1, âÇÖIntroduction and OverviewâÇÖ, explains theáprogramâÇÖs agenda. Inspired by the non-Fregean logicism of Principia Mathematica,áit endorses the revolution within mathematics presenting it as a study of relations.áThe synthetic a priori logic of Principia is the essence of philosophy considered asáa science which exposes the dogmatisms about abstract particulars andámetaphysical necessities that create prisons that fetter the mind. Incipient in TheáProblems of Philosophy, the programâÇÖs acquaintance epistemology embraced aámultiple-relation theory of belief. It reached an impasse in 1913, having been itself retrofitted with abstract particular logical forms to address problems ofádirection and compositionality. With its acquaintance epistemology in limbo,áScientific Method in Philosophy became the sequel to Problems. Chapter 2 explainsáRussellâÇÖs feeling intellectually dishonest. WittgensteinâÇÖs demand that logicáexclude nonsense belief played no role. The 1919 neutral monist era ensued, butáRussell found no epistemology for the logic essential to philosophy. Repairing,áChapters 4-6 solve the impasse. Reviving, Chapters 3 and 7 vigorously defendáthe facts about Principia. Studies of modality and entailment are viable whileáPrincipia remains a universal logic above the civil wars of the metaphysicians.

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108,73