Overview
"This book explores an important central thread that unifies Russell's thoughts on logic in two works previously considered at odds with each other, the Principles of Mathematics and the later Principia Mathematica. This thread is Russell's doctrine that logic is an absolutely general science and that any calculus for it must embrace wholly unrestricted variables. The heart of Landini's book is a careful analysis of Russell's largely unpublished ""substitutional"" theory. On Landini's showing, the substitutional theory reveals the unity of Russell's philosophy of logic and offers new avenues for a genuine solution of the paradoxes plaguing Logicism."
Full Product Details
Author: Gregory Landini (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780195116830
ISBN 10: 0195116836
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 24 September 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The author provides deep insights into a very dynamic period of Russell's tackling with logical systems by stressing the unifying role of the substitutional theory. V.Peckhaus, MATH, Vol.933 Landini's book ... supplies a valuable and convincing picture of how Russell hoped the theory of incomplete symbols might show the way to a philosophically defensible solution to the paradoxes. Michael Byrd, Brit. Jnl. Phil Sci. 51, No.2 (2000). the detailed elaboration of the substitutional theory in the book's second part is quite impressive. Michael Byrd, Brit. Jnl. Phil. Sci. 51, No.2 (2000). Landini's work is a significant contribution to Russell scholarship. It reveals with clarity the fecundity and coherence of Russell's early work in logic. Michael Byrd, Brit. Jnl. Phil. Sci. 51, No.2 (2000).
"""This book is a pioneering effort that the reviewer hopes will stimulate more research into Russell's logical manuscripts.""--The Journal of Symbolic Logic ""...Landini's book...supplies a valuable and convincing picture of how Russell hoped the theory of incomplete symbols might show the way to a philosophically defensible solution to the paradoxes...Landini's work is a significant contribution to Russell scholarship. It reveals with clarity the fecundity and coherence of Russell's early work in logic.""--The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science"
Landini's work is a significant contribution to Russell scholarship. It reveals with clarity the fecundity and coherence of Russell's early work in logic. * Michael Byrd, Brit. Jnl. Phil. Sci. 51, No.2 (2000). * the detailed elaboration of the substitutional theory in the book's second part is quite impressive. * Michael Byrd, Brit. Jnl. Phil. Sci. 51, No.2 (2000). * Landini's book ... supplies a valuable and convincing picture of how Russell hoped the theory of incomplete symbols might show the way to a philosophically defensible solution to the paradoxes. * Michael Byrd, Brit. Jnl. Phil Sci. 51, No.2 (2000). * The author provides deep insights into a very dynamic period of Russell's tackling with logical systems by stressing the unifying role of the substitutional theory. * V.Peckhaus, MATH, Vol.933 *
This book is a pioneering effort that the reviewer hopes will stimulate more research into Russell's logical manuscripts. --The Journal of Symbolic Logic ...Landini's book...supplies a valuable and convincing picture of how Russell hoped the theory of incomplete symbols might show the way to a philosophically defensible solution to the paradoxes...Landini's work is a significant contribution to Russell scholarship. It reveals with clarity the fecundity and coherence of Russell's early work in logic. --The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
