Rise of Analytic Philosophy, 1879–1930

Michael Potter is Professor of Logic at Cambridge University, UK, and a Life Fellow of Fitzwilliam College. His studies in the history of analytic philosophy include Reason’s Nearest Kin (2000) and Wittgenstein’s Notes on Logic (2009). He is also noted for work in the foundations of mathematics, including Set Theory and its Philosophy (2004).

• IntroductionPart I Frege Biography Logic before 1879 Begriffsschrift I: Foundations of logic Begriffsschrift II: Propositional logic Begriffsschrift III: Quantification Begriffsschrift IV: Identity Begriffsschrift V: The ancestral Early philosophy of logic The Hierarchy Grundlagen I: The context principle Grundlagen II: Arithmetical truth Grundlagen III: Numbers Grundlagen IV: The formal project Sense and reference I: Singular terms Sense and reference II: Sentences Sense anad references III: Concept-words Grundgesetze I: Types Grundgesetze II: Extensions The Frege-Hilbert correspondence Later writings Frege's Legacy Part II Russell Biography Bradley Geometry McTaggart German Mathematics Whitehead Moore Leibniz Peano Early logicism Denoting concepts The contradiction On denoting Truth Types Middle logicism Acquaintance Matter Pre-war judgement Facts Late logicism Post-war judgement Neutral monism Russell’s legacy III Wittgenstein Biography Facts Pictures Propositions Sense Wittgenstein’s concept-script Objects Identity Solipsism Ordinary language Minds Logic The metaphysical subject Arithmetic Science Ethics The mystical The legacy of the Tractatus IV Ramsey Biography Truth Knowledge The foundations of mathematics I: Types The foundations of mathematics II: Logicism Universals Degrees of belief Facts and propositions Last papers Ramsey’s legacyBibliography

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