Principia Mathematica.

Russell, Bertrand and Alfred North Whitehead

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1950

About this Item

First edition of volume one and second editions of volumes two and three, in the rare dust jackets of Russell and Whitehead's monumental work. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Rare and desirable. Probably named after Isaac Newton's great work, "Principia Mathematica was Whitehead and Russell s detailed account of their logicist thesis that mathematics could be derived solely from logical concepts and by logical methods [it] has had an influence, direct and indirect, of near Newtonian proportions upon the spheres of its chief influence: mathematical logic, set theory, the foundations of mathematics, linguistic analysis and analytical philosophy" (Grattan-Guinness, p. 89). "Whether they know it or not, all modern logicians are the heirs of Whitehead and Russell" (Palgrave, p. 20). In very good to near fine condition with volumes two and three in the rare original dust jackets, endpapers renewed to volume one.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principia Mathematica.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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