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Continuity and Change in the Development of Russell’s Philosophy

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Authors:
  1. Paul J. Hager

    1. Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

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Part of the book series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series (NIPS, volume 50)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 1-4

  3. Analysis and Relations — The Key to Continuity in Russell’s Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Russellian Analysis in Mathematical Philosophy

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 7-12

    3. Russellian Analysis in General Philosophy

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 13-24

    4. A Systematic Account of Russellian Analysis

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 25-66

    5. Relations in Mathematical Philosophy

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 67-79

    6. Relations in General Philosophy

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 80-90

    7. Logical Constructions and Relations

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 91-114

    8. The Distinctiveness of Russellian Analysis

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 115-118

  4. Theories of Space and Time — The Key to Change in Russell’s Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Impact of Russell’s Philosophical Predecessors on His Space and Time Theories

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 121-131

    3. Space and Time in the Platonist Phase (1899–1913)

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 132-148

    4. Space and Time in the Empiricist Phase (1914–1918)

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 149-164

    5. Space and Time in the Modified Empiricist Phase (1919 Onwards)

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 165-178

    6. Conclusion

      • Paul J. Hager
      Pages 179-180

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 181-200
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About this book

The general view of Russell's work amongst philosophers has been that repeat­ edly, during his long and distinguished career, crucial changes of mind on fun­ damental points were significant enough to cause him to successively adopt a diversity of radically new philosophical positions. Thus Russell is seen to have embraced and then abandoned, amongst others, neo-Hegelianism, Platonic re­ alism, phenomenalism and logical atomism, before settling finally on a form of neutral monism that philosophers have generally found to be incredible. This view of Russell is captured in C. D. Broad's famous remark that "Mr. Russell pro­ duces a different system of philosophy every few years . . . " (Muirhead, 1924: 79). Reflecting this picture of Russell continually changing his position, books and papers on Russell's philosophy have typically belonged to one of two kinds. Either they have concentrated on particular periods of his thought that are taken to be especially significant, or, accepting the view of his successive conversion to dis­ tinctly different philosophical positions, they have provided some account of each of these supposedly disconnected periods of his thought. While much good work has been done on Russell's philosophy, this framework has had its limitations, the main one being that it conceals the basic continuity behind his thought.

Reviews

`... Hager has produced a much-needed demonstration of the constancy in Russell's philosophical methodology. ... the book becomes both a useful guide to Russell's methodology and a detailed dictionary of vital philosophical quotations. In addition, Hager provides an array of diagrams, charts, lists, and other graphics to clearly illuminate his central findings ... I found Hager's work on Russell to be impressive and insightful. ... Hager gives us a useful discussion of methodology and a valuable source book of Russell's views on doing philosophy well.'
John Shosky in The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, 89 (1996)

`Hager presents his account with admirable clarity and anchors it firmly in Russells' writings. He is concerned with what Russell actually thought, rather than with what, according to later philosophers, he ought to have thought. ... Few other books are available which range so widely over Russell's philosophy.'
Nicholas Griffin in Australian Journal of Philosophy, 74 (1996)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

    Paul J. Hager

About the author

Paul J. Hager was awarded the 1996 BRS Book Award for Continuity and Change in the Development of Russell's Philosophy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Continuity and Change in the Development of Russell’s Philosophy

  • Authors: Paul J. Hager

  • Series Title: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0844-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2688-5Published: 30 June 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4364-9Published: 20 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0844-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4530

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 200

  • Topics: Modern Philosophy, Ontology, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics

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