Russell's Theory of Perception

Russell's Theory of Perception
Author: Sajahan Miah
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2006-05-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1847142842

In Russell's Theory of Perception, Sajahan Miah re-examines and evaluates the development of Russell's concept of perception and the relation of perception to our knowledge of the external world. With the introduction of logical construction (in which physical objects are constructed from actual and possible sense-data) Russell's theory of perception seems to become a causal theory with phenomenalist overtones. The book argues that there is a consistency of purpose and direction which motivated Russell to introduce logical construction. The purpose was to strike a compromise between his empiricism and his realism and to establish a bridge between the objects of perception and the objects of physics and common sense.

Bertrand Russell's Theory of Knowledge

Bertrand Russell's Theory of Knowledge
Author: Elizabeth Ramsden Eames
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1135100535

When future generations come to analyze and survey twentieth-century philosophy as a whole, Bertrand Russell’s logic and theory of knowledge is assured a place of prime importance. Yet until this book was first published in 1969 no comprehensive treatment of his epistemology had appeared. Commentators on twentieth-century philosophy at the time assumed that Russell’s important contributions to the theory of knowledge were made before 1921. This book challenges that assumption and draws attention to features of Russell’s later work which were overlooked. The analysis starts with Russell’s earliest views and moves from book to book and article to article through his enormous span of writing on the problems and theory of knowledge. The changes in ideas as he developed the theory are traced, and the study culminates in a statement of his latest views. His work is seen in a continuity in which the changes were part of the development of his mature thought, and the total evaluation and interpretation clarify many of the common misunderstandings of his philosophy. This is naturally of interest to all philosophers, and for students this is the answer to inevitable questions on the nature of Russell’s ideas and their evolution.

The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy

The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy
Author: Ronald Jager
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317853318

This is Volume XI of twenty-two in a collection on 20th Century Philosophy. Originally published in 1994, this volume of the Muirhead library of philosophy in the author’s words attempts not what is difficult but what is impossible. What it attempts is a critical account of Russell's philosophy-just that-without supposing that every reader is himself a philosopher at the beginning, though he may be at the end. It is written for those who know of Russell's philosophy and wish to know about it, for those who know about it, and wish to know it.

Russell's Logical Atomism

Russell's Logical Atomism
Author: David Bostock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2012-04-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0199651442

David Bostock presents a detailed account and critical appraisal of the development of Bertrand Russell's philosophy from 1900 to 1924. He explores Russell's logical atomism, which applies logic to problems in the theory of knowledge and metaphysics and was central to Russell's work over this period.

The Personalist

The Personalist
Author: Ralph Tyler Flewelling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 902
Release: 1928
Genre: Personality
ISBN:

The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 8

The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 8
Author: John Slater
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2024-08-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 104024582X

This volume collects together all of Russell's philosophical papers inspired by his work with Whitehead on 'Principia Mathematica'.

Physicalism and Mental Causation

Physicalism and Mental Causation
Author: Sven Walter
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2015-11-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1845405838

Physicalism—the thesis that everything there is in the world, including our minds, is constituted by basic physical entities—has dominated the philosophy of mind during the last few decades. But although the conceptual foundations of the physicalist agenda—including a proper explication of notions such as ‘causation', ‘determination', ‘realization’ or even ‘physicalism’ itself—must be settled before more specific problems (e.g. the problems of mental causation and human agency) can be satisfactorily addressed, a comprehensive philosophical reflection on the relationships between the various key concepts of the debate on physicalism is yet missing. This book presents a range of essays on the conceptual foundations of physicalism, mental causation and human agency, written by established and leading authors in the field.

Reflections on Russell

Reflections on Russell
Author: Chad Trainer
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2022-02-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1527579395

The book contributes some original interpretations on the thought of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). Instead of dwelling on the purely mathematical logic which tends to be the focus of professional philosophers, it explores Russell’s philosophy, especially his philosophy of science and philosophy of religion. It features some original interpretations of Bertrand Russell’s thoughts and it counters some competing interpretations of his philosophy. Russell could be labeled both a probabilist and empiricist, albeit with critical qualifications. He never left the Pythagorean/Platonic worldview entirely behind. Russell preferred Spinoza over Locke, and believed that many sciences simply beg questions rather than prove philosophic tenets. Although Russell rejected spiritualistic metaphysics, he was able to identify some value in George Berkeley’s philosophy. This book shows that Russell developed a philosophy incorporating atheism and spirituality.