222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry was first published in 1897 when Bertrand Russell was 25 years old. It marks his first major foray into analytic philosophy, a movement in which Russell is one of the founding members and figurehead. It provides a brilliant insight into Russell's early philosophical thought and an engaging and authoritative introduction to the philosophical and logical... Read more
Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Michael Potter
Preface
Introduction: Our Problem Defined by its Relations to Logic, Psychology and Mathematics
1. A Short History of Metageometry
2. Critical Account of Some Previous Philosophical Theories of Geometry
3. The Axioms of Projective Geometry and The Axioms of Metrical Geometry
4. Philosophical Consequences.
IndexBiography
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). A celebrated mathematician and logician, Russell was and remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.
