The Evolution of Principia Mathematica: Bertrand Russell's Manuscripts and Notes for the Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781107003279 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 418 str.

Bernard Linsky

Opis

Previously unpublished archival material helps us reassess this famous, but seldom studied, classic that prompted modern logic and computers.

Recenzje

'… very valuable to scholars of Russell and to anyone interested in the development of type theory and indeed of logic as a whole during this time … Linsky does a very good job of explaining the issues to the layman.' Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Writing the second edition; 3. Logic since the first edition; 4. Notation and logic; 5. Improvements in the new edition; 6. Induction and types in Appendix B; 7. The reception of the second edition; 8. The list of definitions for Carnap; Introduction to the second edition; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Hierarchy of propositions and functions; Amended list of propositions: notes; Bibliography; Index.