Russell on Metaphysics: Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell

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• Russell on … ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgements vii
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Idealism 11
• 1 - Greek Exercises 13
• 2 - On the Distinction Between the Psychological and Metaphysical Points of View 21
• 3 - The Free-Will Problem from an Idealist Standpoint 25
• 4 - The Dialectic of the Sciences 37
• 5 - Seems, Madam? Nay, It Is 52
• Part II - Ontology (i) 61
• 6 - The Principles of Mathematics 63
• 7 - The Existential Import of Propositions 77
• 8 - Three Letters to Meinong 81
• 9 - The Basis of Realism 85

• Russell on … ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgements vii
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Idealism 11
• 1 - Greek Exercises 13
• 2 - On the Distinction Between the Psychological and Metaphysical Points of View 21
• 3 - The Free-Will Problem from an Idealist Standpoint 25
• 4 - The Dialectic of the Sciences 37
• 5 - Seems, Madam? Nay, It Is 52
• Part II - Ontology (i) 61
• 6 - The Principles of Mathematics 63
• 7 - The Existential Import of Propositions 77
• 8 - Three Letters to Meinong 81
• 9 - The Basis of Realism 85
• 10 - Analytic Realism 91
• 11 - The Philosophy of Logical Atomism 97
• Part III - Universals 121
• 12 - On the Relations of Universals and Particulars 123
• 13 - The Problem of Universals 143
• Part IV - Causality and Laws 161
• 14 - On the Notion of Cause 163
• 15 - Causal Laws in Physics 183
• 16 - Physics and Metaphysics 191
• 17 - Causal Laws 199
• Part V - Ontology (ii) 209
• 18 - Vagueness 211
• 19 - Physics and Neutral Monism 221
• 20 - Language and Metaphysics 231
• 21 - The Principle of Individuation 237
• Bibliography 248
• Index 251