History of Philosophy
Russell and the Unity of the Proposition
By , University of Manchester (April 2008)
Section: History of Philosophy
Subjects: Philosophy, History of Philosophy, History of Analytic Philosophy, Logic and Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language.
Key Topics: proposition, meaning, analytic philosophy.
Abstract
In this article I present a summary of Bertrand Russell's protracted attempts to solve the problem of the unity of the proposition, and explain the significance of the problem for Russell's philosophy. Unlike many other accounts which take the problem to be confined to Russell's early theories of propositional content, I argue that the problem (or variants of it) is a recurring theme throughout the whole of Russell's career.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2008.00142.x
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