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The Evolution of Principia Mathematica: Bertrand Russell's Manuscripts and Notes for the Second Edition

Autor Bernard Linsky
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 iun 2011
Originally published in 1910, Principia Mathematica led to the development of mathematical logic and computers and thus to information sciences. It became a model for modern analytic philosophy and remains an important work. In the late 1960s the Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University in Canada obtained Russell's papers, letters and library. These archives contained the manuscripts for the new Introduction and three Appendices that Russell added to the second edition in 1925. Also included was another manuscript, 'The Hierarchy of Propositions and Functions', which was divided up and re-used to create the final changes for the second edition. These documents provide fascinating insight, including Russell's attempts to work out the theorems in the flawed Appendix B, 'On Induction'. An extensive introduction describes the stages of the manuscript material on the way to print and analyzes the proposed changes in the context of the development of symbolic logic after 1910.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107003279
ISBN-10: 110700327X
Pagini: 418
Ilustrații: 7 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 181 x 255 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Introduction; 2. Writing the second edition; 3. Logic since the first edition; 4. Notation and logic; 5. Improvements in the new edition; 6. Induction and types in Appendix B; 7. The reception of the second edition; 8. The list of definitions for Carnap; Introduction to the second edition; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Hierarchy of propositions and functions; Amended list of propositions: notes; Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

'Linsky's book is important and very well done, and it is surprisingly accessible for a work dealing with some very technically detailed historical matters. It is essential reading for anyone working on the history and philosophy of mathematics. It is an exciting new contribution and a valuable resource for further work on Russell's philosophy of mathematics.' Gregory Landini, History and Philosophy of Logic
'… very valuable to scholars of Russell and to anyone interested in the development of type theory and indeed of logic as a whole during this time … Linsky does a very good job of explaining the issues to the layman.' Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies

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Previously unpublished archival material helps us reassess this famous, but seldom studied, classic that prompted modern logic and computers.