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1、Downloadedby[NanjingUniversity]at02:5519December2012RussellBertrandRussell(1872–1970)wasoneofthefoundingfiguresofanalyticphilosophyandrenownedforhislastingcontributionstothestudyoflogic,philosophyoflanguage,philosophyofmathematicsandepistemol-ogy.Hewasalsofam
2、ousforhispopularworks,wherehishumanism,ethicsandantipathytowardsreligioncamethroughinbookssuchasTheProblemsofPhilosophy,WhyIamNotAChristian,andTheConquestofHappiness.BeginningwithanoverviewofRussell’slifeandwork,GregoryLandinicarefullyexplainsRussell’sphilos
3、ophy,toshowwhyheranksasoneofthegiantsofBritishandTwentiethcenturyphilosophy.HediscussesRussell’smajorearlyworksinphilosophyofmathematics,includingThePrinciplesofMathematics,whereinRussellilluminatedanddevelopedtheideasofGottlobFrege;andthemonumentalthree-vol
4、umeworkwrittenwithAlfredNorthWhitehead,PrincipiaMathematica,wheretheauthorsattemptedtoshowthatallmathematicaltheoryispartoflogicunderstoodasascienceofstructure.LandinidiscussesthesecondeditionofPrincipiaMathematica,toshowRussell’sintellectualrelationshipwith
5、WittgensteinandRamsey.Hedis-cussesRussell’sepistemologyandneutralmonismbeforeconcludingwithadiscussiononRussell’sethics,andtherelationshipbetweenscienceandreligion.Featuringachronologyandaglossaryofterms,aswellassuggestionsDownloadedby[NanjingUniversity]at02
6、:5519December2012forfurtherreadingattheendofeachchapter,Russellisessentialreadingforanyonestudyingphilosophy,andisanidealguidebookforthosecomingtoRussellforthefirsttime.GregoryLandiniisProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofIowa.HeistheauthorofWittgenstein’sAp
7、prenticeshipWithRussell(2007),andRussell’sHiddenSubstitutionalTheory(1998).RoutledgePhilosophersEditedbyBrianLeiterUniversityofChicagoRoutledgePhilosophersisamajorseriesofintroductionstothegreatWesternphilosophers.Eachbookplacesamajorphilosopherorthinkerinhi
8、storicalcontext,explainsandassessestheirkeyarguments,andconsiderstheirlegacy.Additionalfeaturesincludeachronologyofmajordatesandevents,chaptersummaries,annotatedsuggestionsforfurtherreading,anda