Bertrand Russell and the Edwardian Philosophers Constructing the World [Hardcover]

The author demonstrates the significant role that some of the Edwardian philosophers played in the formation of Russell's work on the problem of the external world done at the tail-end of a controversy which raged between about 1900-1915.Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Stout's Proto-New-Realism British New Realism: The Language of Madness British New Realism: The Language of Common-Sense Russell and the Nature of Sense-Data The Methods of Construction The Methods of Logical Construction Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index

Nasim's book is an excellent first in the series History of Analytic Philosophy...' - British Journal for the History of Philosophy

'...a fascinating reappraisal of Russell's motivations and influences that significantly advances our understanding of Russell's philosophy...This book is a very original study that genuinely deepens our understanding of Russell by presenting new insight into his motivations and concerns at the time when he was engaged in some of the most important work of his career.' - The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies

OMAR NASIM is Senior Research Fellow at the Chair for Science Studies, ETH-Zurich and a Member of the NCCR Eikones, University of Basel, Switzerland.? Previously he was?a Post-doctoral fellow for the project 'Knowledge in the Making', a project jointly undertaken by both the Max Planck Institutes for the History of Science (Berlin) and for the History of Art (Florence).