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1、ThePhilosophyofLogicalAtomismBertrandRussellThePhilosophyofLogicalAtomismLondonandNewYorkThiseditionfirstpublishedin1972byFontanaFirstpublishedintheRoutledgeClassicsin2010byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNRoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,a
2、ninformabusinessThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2009.TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.©2010TheBertrandRussellPeaceFoundationLtdIntroduction©1985DavidF.PearsAll
3、rightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.Bri
4、tishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN0-203-86477-8Mastere-bookISBNISBN10:0–415–47461–2ISBN10:0–203–86477–8(ebk)ISBN13:978–0–415–47461–0ISBN13:978–0–203–86477–7(ebk)CONTENTSintroductiontothe1985editionbydav
5、idpearsviiThePhilosophyofLogicalAtomism(1918)11FactsandPropositions12Particulars,Predicates,andRelations153AtomicandMolecularPropositions324PropositionsandFactswithMorethanOneVerb:Beliefs,Etc.475GeneralPropositionsandExistence616DescriptionsandIncompleteSymbols777TheThe
6、oryofTypesandSymbolism:Classes928ExcursusintoMetaphysics:WhatThereIs110LogicalAtomism(1924)126vicontentsbibliography151chronologicaltables155index159INTRODUCTIONTOTHE1985EDITIONThebestwaytounderstandaphilosophicaltheoryisnearlyalwaystotrytoappreciatetheforceoftheargumen
7、tsforit.Logicalatomismisnoexception.Itisatheoryaboutthefunda-mentalstructureofrealityandsoitbelongstothemaintraditionofwesternmetaphysics.Itscentralclaimisthateverythingthatweeverexperiencecanbeanalyzedintologicalatoms.Thissoundslikephysicsbutinfactitismetaphysics.InThe
8、PhilosophyofLogicalAtomism,givenasaseriesoflecturesin1thewinterof1917–18andrepublishedinthisvolume,Russellsays