J. Galaugher 
Russell’s Philosophy of Logical Analysis, 1897-1905 

This systematic and historical treatment of Russell’s contributions to analytic philosophy, from his embrace of analysis in 1898 to his landmark theory of descriptions in 1905, draws important connections between his philosophically motivated conception of analysis and the technical apparatus he devised to facilitate analyses in mathematics

Table of Content

Series Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Analysis and the Decomposition of Idealism 2. Relations in Analysis 3. Logicism and the Analysis of Mathematical Propositions 4. Logic and Analysis in Russell’s Definition of Number 5. Toward A New Theory of Denoting Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Jolen Galaugher received her Ph D from Mc Master University, Canada, home to the Russell Archives. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Iowa, USA. In Winter 2014 she will hold the Visiting Russell Professorship at Mc Master University, where she will continue research in the History of Analytic philosophy.