Russell's Idealist ApprenticeshipModern analytic philosophy was born around the turn of the century, largely through Bertrand Russell's and G.E. Moore's reaction against the neo-Hegelianism that dominated British philosophy in the last decades of the nineteenth century. It is well known that Russell had himself been a neo-Hegelian, but thus far little has been known about his work during that period. Drawing primarily on unpublished papers held in the Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University, this is the first detailed study of this early period of Russell's philosophical career. Griffin examines Russell's philosophical education at Cambridge in the early 1890s and his conversion to neo-Hegelianism; his ambitious plans for a neo-Hegelian dialectic of the sciences; and the problems that ultimately led him to reject neo-Hegelianism. |
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A. P. Smith abstract adjectives AMR/TS antinomy asymmetrical relations atoms axioms B. R. to A. P. Boscovich Bradley Bradley's calculus Cambridge Cantor claim clear concept continuity continuum Couturat defined dialectic discussion distinction diversity doctrine of internal dynamics elements Euclidean geometry existence extensive fact form of externality G. E. Moore given infinite divisibility intensive quantities internal relations intrinsic properties intuition judgements Kant Kant's Kantian kinematic lectures Leibniz logical manifold matter McTaggart means measurement metaphysics metrical geometry monism Moore Moore's necessary neo-Hegelian non-Euclidean geometry objects ontological argument Papers philosophy philosophy of mathematics physics plenal theory Poincaré point-atom theory points position possible predicate priori problem projective geometry propositions psychology qualities reductive theory reference regarded rejected result Russell Russell's argument SDCQ seems sense space spatial relations subject-predicate theory of relations things thought transition Tripos Ward Ward's Whitehead