Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHARACTER OF RUSSELLS’S PHILOSOPHY A. Overview of Russell and His Work B. Design of Russell's Philosophy and of this Book c. Beginnings of Analytical Philosophy 2 THE EARLY METAPHYSICS PART I A. Being and Relations B. Properties and External Relations c. Contingent and Necessary Properties PART II D. Propositions and Their Constituents E. Propositions: Their Truth and Their Unity 3 THE THEORY OF LOGIC A. Philosophical Logic B. The Propositional Calculus: Truth Functions c. The Predicate Calculus: Quantification D. Set Theory and Paradoxes 4 THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS A. The Poetry and Essence of Mathematics B. Logicism c. Counting and Reasoning D. Critical Perspectives 5 ATOMISM: THEORIES OF LANGUAGE A. The Theory of Descriptions and Its Consequences B. Reference, Metaphysics, and Existence c. Acquaintance and Constructions: Anticipations 6 ATOMISM: THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE A. Acquaintance, Particulars, and Universals B. Sense Data and Constructions c. The Atomist World Picture 7 NEUTRAL MONISM: MIND AND MATTER A. The Neutrality of Sensations B. The Construction of Mind c. Perception and the External World D. Beyond Neutral Monism 8 NEUTRAL MONISM: THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC WORLD A. The Experiences of Others B. Perspectival Privacy and Egocentricity c. Solipsism and Privacy D. Structure and Knowledge 9 POLITICS AND EDUCATION A. Philosophy and Politics B. Psychology and Politics c. War and Politics D. Education and Freedom PART I ETHICS A. Objectivism B. Subjectivism c. Intimations of Naturalism PART II RELIGION D. Polemics E. The Worship of the Free Man F. The Final Synthesis

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Ronald Jager