Bertrand Russell and the Edwardian philosophers : constructing the world / Omar W. Nasim.
| Author/creator | Nasim, Omar W., 1976- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | History of analytic philosophy History of analytic philosophy. ^A1107735 |
| Contents | Stout's proto-new-realism -- Situating G.F. Stout -- Stout's doctrine of primary and secondary qualities -- Stout and the Brentano School -- Representative function of presentations -- Sensible space and real space -- Cook Wilson's geometrical counter-example -- Stout's central question -- Ideal constructions -- Ideal constructions in psychology and epistemology -- British new realism : the language of madness -- Stout's criticisms of Alexander -- Alexander's response -- The nature of sensations, images, and other presentations -- What is the metaphysical problem? -- "How can the interpretation which is supplied by the mind be a constituent of the [physical] object?" -- Some general remarks -- British new realism : the language of common-sense -- T.P. Nunn and the new realism -- Nunn and things -- Nunn's postulate -- Russell and Stout on sensible objects -- Russell, sense-data and sensibilia -- The methods of construction -- Russell's constructions and Nunn's postulate -- Constructions, psychology, and the essence of philosophy -- The method of logical construction -- A mathematical development -- The principle of abstraction. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-204) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008029964 |
| ISBN | 9780230205796 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0230205798 (hardback : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | B1649.R94 N37 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |