Repairing Bertrand Russell's 1913 Theory of Knowledge

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<div>This book repairs and revives the<i>Theory of Knowledge</i> research program of Russells<i>Principia</i> era. Chapter 1, 'Introduction and Overview', explains the programs agenda. Inspired by the non-Fregean logicism of<i>Principia Mathematica</i>, it endorses the revolution within mathematics presenting it as a study of relations. The synthetic a<i>priori</i> logic of<i>Principia</i>is the essence of philosophy considered as a science which exposes the dogmatisms about abstract particulars and metaphysical necessities that create prisons that fetter the mind. Incipient in<i>The </i><i>Problems of Philosophy</i>, the programs acquaintance epistemology embraced a multiple-relation theory of belief. It reached an impasse in 1913, having been itself retrofitted with abstract particular<i>logical forms</i> to address problems of <i>direction and compositionality</i>. With its acquaintance epistemology in limbo, <i>ScientificMethod in Philosophy</i> became the sequel to<i>Problems</i>. Chapter 2 explains Russells feeling intellectually dishonest. Wittgensteins demand that<i>logic</i> exclude nonsense belief played no role. The 1919<i>neutral monist</i> era ensued, but Russell found no epistemology for the logic essential to philosophy. Repairing, Chapters 46 solve the impasse. Reviving, Chapters 3 and 7 vigorously defend the facts about<i>Principia</i>. Studies of modality and entailment are viable while <i>Principia</i> remains a<i>universal logic</i> above the civil wars of the metaphysicians.</div>

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<p>Gregory Landini is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, USA. His research interests include philosophy of logic, metaphysics, modal logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and the history of early analytic philosophy. His books include:<i> Frege¿s Notations: What They Are </i><i>and How They Mean</i> (2012), <i>Russell </i>(2010), <i>Wittgenstein¿s Apprenticeship with </i><i>Russell </i>(2007) and <i>Russell¿s Hidden Substitutional Theory</i> (1998).</p>

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