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S. Gandon
Russell’s Unknown Logicism
A Study in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

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In this excellent book Sebastien Gandon focuses mainly on Russell’s two major texts, Principa Mathematica and Principle of Mathematics , meticulously unpicking the details of these texts and bringing a new interpretation of both the mathematical and the philosophical content. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013.

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Table of Content

Series Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction Projective Geometry Metrical Geometry Geometry, Logicism and ‘if-thenism’ Quantity in Po M Quantity in PM Application Constraint in PM Russell’s Universalism and Topic-Specificity Bibliography Index

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SEBASTIEN GANDON Professor of Philosophy at the Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 263 ● ISBN 9781137024657 ● File size 2.8 MB ● Editor Kenneth A. Loparo ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4971388 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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