600 Pages
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Routledge
600 Pages
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Routledge
600 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1903, Principles of Mathematics was Bertrand Russell’s first major work in print. It was this title which saw him begin his ascent towards eminence. In this groundbreaking and important work, Bertrand Russell argues that mathematics and logic are, in fact, identical and what is commonly called mathematics is simply later deductions from logical premises. Highly influential... Read more
introduction to the 1992 edition, introduction to the second edition, preface, PART I THE INDEFINABLES OF MATHEMATICS, PART II NUMBER, PART III QUANTITY, PART IV ORDER, PART V INFINITY AND CONTINUITY, PART VI SPACE, PART VII MATTER AND MOTION, APPENDICES, index
Biography
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.
‘Unless we are very much mistaken, its lucid application and development of the great discoveries of Peano and Cantor mark the opening of a new epoch in both philosophical and mathematical thought.’ – The Spectator
