An Inquiry into Meaning and TruthBertrand Russell is concerned in this book with the foundations of knowledge. He approaches his subject through a discussion of language, the relationships of truth to experience and an investigation into how knowledge of the structure of language helps our understanding of the structure of the world. This edition includes a new introduction by Thomas Baldwin, Clare College, Cambridge |
Contents
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| 9 | |
| 11 | |
I What is a Word? | 23 |
II Sentences Syntax and Parts of Speech | 30 |
III Sentences Describing Experiences | 48 |
IV The ObjectLanguage | 62 |
V Logical Words | 78 |
A General B Psychological C Syntactical | 170 |
XIV Language as an Expression | 204 |
XV VVhat Sentences Indicate | 214 |
XVI Truth and Falsehood Preliminary Discussion | 226 |
XVII Truth and Experience | 236 |
XVIII General Beliefs | 247 |
XIX Extensionality and Atomicity | 259 |
XX The Law of Excluded Middle | 274 |
VI Proper Names | 94 |
VII Egocentric Particulars | 108 |
VIII Perception and Knowledge | 116 |
IX Epistemological Premisses | 131 |
X Basic Propositions | 137 |
XI Factual Premisses | 150 |
XII An Analysis of Problems Concerning Propositions | 166 |
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