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Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions: A History and Defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement book cover

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Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions A History and Defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement

By Samuel Lebens Copyright 2017
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge
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Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions offers the first book-length defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement (MRTJ). Although the theory was much maligned by Wittgenstein and ultimately rejected by Russell himself, Lebens shows that it provides a rich and insightful way to understand the nature of propositional content. In Part I, Lebens charts the trajectory of Russell’s... Read more

1. Framing Our Question

Part I: The Philosophical and Historical Background

2. Russell and Moore in Rebellion

3. Incomplete Symbols

4. Semantics, Assertion and the Theory of Descriptions

Part II: The Rise and Fall of the MRTJ

5. The Rise of the MRTJ

6. The Stoutian Evolution of the MRTJ

7. The Demise of the MRTJ

Part III: Resurrecting the MRTJ

8. Significance and Representation

9. Molecular Proposition

10. Explaining of Explanada

11. The MRTJ and its Competitors

Biography

Samuel Lebens is a Senior Research Fellow in the Philosophy Department at the University of Haifa, Israel.



"Samuel Lebens' book is a lively and full-throated defense of the multiple relation theory . . . His book is the best attempt I have seen at a comprehensive historical study of the multiple relation theory . . . The historical parts of the book are well argued and illuminating, but these issues are not Lebens' main concern. His primary aim is to revitalize the multiple relation theory and make it a contender in contemporary debates about the nature of propositions." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"The book is well written. It gives clear arguments. It interweaves seamlessly historical and ongoing controversies within unified narratives. For these reasons a close study of Lebens’ book will richly reward scholars interested either in Russell’s MRTJ or in the metaphysics of meaning . . . In summary, Lebens has demonstrated that more remains to be said about the MRTJ, and he convincingly argues that MRTJ (in some form) was buried before it was dead, even, arguably, by Russell himself." – Landon D. C. Elkind in Russell Studies

"Lebens’s book makes an interesting, original, and accessible contribution both to Russell scholarship, and to current debates in the philosophy of language. It fills an important lacuna within the scholarly literature on Russell’s MRTJ, and does so admirably." – James Connelly, Trent University, Canada

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