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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1961, Fact and Fiction is a collection of Bertrand Russell's essays that reflect on the books and writings that influenced his life, including fiction, essays on politics and education, divertissements and parables. Also broaching on the highly controversial issues of war and peace, it is in this classic collection that Russell states some of his most famous pronouncements on nuclear warfare and international relations. It is a remarkable book that provides valuable insight into the range of interests and depth of convictions of one of the world's greatest philosophers.Trade Review‘The most critical of readers could hardly fail to be captivated by the literary and dialectical skill of the author.’ – Times Literary Supplement‘…an attractive haul of small bright items…’ – The Observer‘Bertrand Russell…again wakes us from sleep with the rapier of his polemicists…’ – American StatesmanTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Books that Influenced Me in Youth I. The Importance of Shelly II. The Romance of Revolt III. Revolt Against the Abstract IV. Disgust and Its Antidote V. An Education in History VI. The Pursuit of Truth Part 2: Politics and Education I. What is Freedom? II. What is Democracy? III. A Scientist’s Plea for Democracy? IV. The Story of Colonization V. Pros and Cons of Nationalism VI. The Reasoning Europeans VII. The World I Should Like to Live in VIII. Old and Young Cultures IX. Education for a Difficult World X. University Education Part 3: Divertissments I. Cranks II. The Right Will Prevail or the Road to Lhasa III. Newly Discovered Maxims of La Rochefoucauld IV. Nightmares 1. The Fisherman’s Nightmare or Magna est Veritas 2. The Theologian’s Nightmare V. Dreams 1. Jowett 2. God 3. Henry the Navigator 4. Prince Napoleon Louis 5. The Catalogue VI. Parables 1. Planetary Effulgence 2. The Misfortune of Being Out-of-Date 3. Murderers’ Fatherland Part 4: Peace and War I. Psychology and East-West Tension II. War and Peace in My Lifetime III. The Social Responsiblities of Scientists IV. Three Essentials for a Stable World V. Population Pressure and War VI. Vienna Address VII. Manchester Address VIII. What Neutrals can do to Save the World IX. The Case for British Neutralism X. Can War be Abolished? XI. Human Life is in Danger Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume of Bertrand Russell's Collected Papers finds Russell focused on writing Principia Mathematica during 1905â08. Eight previously unpublished papers shed light on his different versions of a substitutional theory of logic, with its elimination of classes and relations, during 1905-06. A recurring issue for him was whether a type hierarchy had to be part of a substitutional theory. In mid-1907 he began writing up the final version of Principia, now using a ramified theory of types, and eleven unpublished drafts from 1907-08 deal with this. Numerous letters show his thoughts on the process.The volume's 80-page introduction covers the evolution of his logic from 1896 until 1909, when volume I of Principia went to the printer.Trade Review"For logicians and metaphysicians curious about the evolution of Russell’s logic from The Principles of Mathematics (1903) to Principia Mathematica (1910), no volume of the Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell was more eagerly awaited than Volume 5. Moore’s editing of Russell’s dauntingly technical manuscripts has produced a wonderful resource." - Gregory Landini, History and Philosophy of Logic JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: No-classes theories and substitutional theories 1905 – 06 1. The Theory of Implication [1905–06] 2. On Some Difficulties in the Theory of Transfinite Numbers and Order Types [1905–06] 3. Early Work on the Substitutional Theory [1905] 4. Developing the Substitutional Theory [1906–07] 5. Two Drafts on Substitution [1906] 6. A Paper Withdrawn from Publication [1906] 7. Logic in Which Propositions Are Not Entities [1906] 8. On the Functional Theory of Propositions, Classes and Relations [1906] 9. The Paradoxes of Logic [1906] 10. Multiplicative Axiom [1906] 11. The Paradox of the Liar [1906] 12. List of Propositions [1906] Part 2: Theories of Truth 1906 – 08 13. Two Reviews of Joachim [1906] 14. On the Nature of Truth [1907] 15. The Nature of Truth [1907] 16. William James’s Conception of Truth [1908] Part 3: From substitutional theories to the ramified theory of types 1906 – 08 17. Corrections Required in PresentWork [1906] 18. Early Drafts on the Theory of Types [1906–08] 19. Fundamentals [1907] 20. The RegressiveMethod of Discovering the Premises of Mathematics [1907] 21. "If" and "Imply", A Reply to Mr.MacColl [1908] 22. Mathematical Logic as Based on the Theory of Types [1908] 23. Partial Drafts of Principia Mathematica [c.1908] Part 4: Reviews on foundations of mathematics 24. M. Poincaré’s Science et hypothèse [1906] 25. Two Reviews of MacColl [1906] 26. Review of Pastore, Logica formale dedotta dalla considerazione di modelli meccanici [1906] 27. The Study of Logic [1906] 28. Two Reviews of Meinong [1906–07] 29. Mr. Haldane on Infinity [1908] Part 5: Other philosophical reviews and writings 30. Is Reason Irrational? [1906] 31. Metaphysics for the Man of Action [1907] 32. Spinoza’sMoral Code [1907] 33. Newton’s Philosophy [1908] 34. Determinism and Morals [1908] 35. Review of Essays, Philosophical and Psychological, in Honor of William James [1908] 36. A Reply to Dr. Schiller [1908] Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisThe author is widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a brilliant writer and commentator on social and political affairs. What I Believe offers a lucid and concise insight into the author''s thinking on issues that preoccupied him throughout his life: atheism, religious morality and the impact of science on society. With the addition of two further essays, ''Why I Took to Philosophy'' and ''How I Write'', this is a superb example of the author as his very best. Trade Review'In this classic essay, Russell offers a brilliant statement of some of the central beliefs and arguments underpinning his philosophy as a whole. In his defnition, a good life “is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Neither love without knowledge, nor knowledge without love can produce a good life.”'— THE PRODUKTKULTURMAGAZINTable of Contents1. Nature and Man 2. The Good Life 3. Moral Rules 4. Salvation: Individual and Social 5. Science and Happiness 6. How I Write 7. Why I Took Philosophy

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Book SynopsisAn Essay on the Foundations of Geometry was first published in 1897 when Bertrand Russell was 25 years old. It marks his first major foray into analytic philosophy, a movement in which Russell is one of the founding members and figurehead. It provides a brilliant insight into Russell''s early philosophical thought and an engaging and authoritative introduction to the philosophical and logical foundations of geometry - a version of which was fundamental to Einstein''s theory of relativity.Russell explores and introduces the concepts of geometry and their philosophical implications, including a historical overview of geometrical theory, making it an invaluable resource not only for students of philosophy but anyone interested in the origins of the thought of one of the twentieth century''s most important and widely-read philosophers.This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Michael Potter.Table of ContentsForeword to the Routledge Classics Edition Michael Potter, Preface, Introduction: Our Problem Defined by its Relations to Logic, Psychology and Mathematics, 1. A Short History of Metageometry, 2. Critical Account of Some Previous Philosophical Theories of Geometry, 3. The Axioms of Projective Geometry and The Axioms of Metrical Geometry, 4. Philosophical Consequences, Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the original text of A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz, which was first published in 1900. The text includes an appendix containing extracts from Leibniz, classified according to subject. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Leibniz and the early philosophy of Russell.Table of Contents1. Leibniz's premisses; 2. Necessary propositions and the law of contradiction; 3. Contingent propositions and the law of sufficient reason; 4. The conception of substance; 5. The identity of indiscernibles and the law of continuity. Possibility and compossibility; 6. Why did Leibniz believe in an external world?; 7. The philosophy of matter: (a) as the outcome of the principles of dynamics; 8. The philosophy of matter (continued), (b) as explaining continuity and extension; 9. The labyrinth of the continuum; 10. The theory of space and time and its relation to monadism; 11. The nature of monads in general; 12. Soul and body; 13. Confused and unconscious perception; 14. Leibniz's theory of knowledge; 15. Proofs of the existence of God; 16. Leibniz's ethics; Appendix.

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