The Evolution of Principia Mathematica - Bernard Linsky

The Evolution of Principia Mathematica

Bertrand Russell's Manuscripts and Notes for the Second Edition

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Buch | Hardcover
418 Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-00327-9 (ISBN)
115,95 inkl. MwSt
Originally published in 1910, Principia Mathematica led to the development of mathematical logic and computers and thus to information sciences. This fascinating and insightful book includes transcriptions of previously unpublished material, with introductory chapters explaining the symbolic notation and content of Russell's revisions for the second edition in 1925.
Originally published in 1910, Principia Mathematica led to the development of mathematical logic and computers and thus to information sciences. It became a model for modern analytic philosophy and remains an important work. In the late 1960s the Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University in Canada obtained Russell's papers, letters and library. These archives contained the manuscripts for the new Introduction and three Appendices that Russell added to the second edition in 1925. Also included was another manuscript, 'The Hierarchy of Propositions and Functions', which was divided up and re-used to create the final changes for the second edition. These documents provide fascinating insight, including Russell's attempts to work out the theorems in the flawed Appendix B, 'On Induction'. An extensive introduction describes the stages of the manuscript material on the way to print and analyzes the proposed changes in the context of the development of symbolic logic after 1910.

Bernard Linsky is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.6.2011
Zusatzinfo 2 Plates, black and white; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 4 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 181 x 255 mm
Gewicht 900 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Logik / Mengenlehre
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-107-00327-X / 110700327X
ISBN-13 978-1-107-00327-9 / 9781107003279
Zustand Neuware
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