Modern analytic philosophy was born around the turn of the century, largely through Bertrand Russell's and G. E. Moore's reaction against the neo-Hegelianism which dominated British philosophy in the last decades of the nineteenth century. It is well known that Russell had himself been a neo-Hegelian, but hitherto little has been known about his work during that period. Yet this work was important, not only for Russell's development as a philosopher, but also for the development of analytic philosophy.
Based mainly on unpublished papers held in the...
* Two important new books on Russell
Modern analytic philosophy was born around the turn of the century, largely through Bertrand Russell's a...
