A. Korhonen 
Logic as Universal Science 
Russell’s Early Logicism and its Philosophical Context

Logic as Universal Science offers a detailed reconstruction of the underlying philosophy in The Principles of Mathematics showing how Russell sought to deliver a death blow to the dominant Kantian view that formal logic is a concise and dry science and unable to enlarge our understanding.

Tabella dei contenuti

Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Russell’s Early Logicism: What was it about? Kant and Russell on the Mathematical Method Russell and Kant on the Synthetic A priori Russell’s Ontological Logic Russell and the Bolzanian Conception of Logic Notes Bibliography Index

Circa l’autore

ANSSI KORHONEN is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is specialized in conceptual and historical issues relating to the development of analytic philosophy.