Russell: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed) - Softcover

John Ongley; Rosalind Carey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826497543 ISBN 13: 9780826497543

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

Synopsis

Winner of the 2014 Bertrand Russell Society Book Award

Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. Over his professional career of 45 years Russell left his mark and influence in many domains of intellectual inquiry. This includes the foundations of mathematics, the philosophy of science, metaphysics, the theory of knowledge, the philosophy of language, education, religion, history, ethics and politics.

In Russell: A Guide for the Perplexed, John Ongley and Rosalind Carey offer a clear and thorough account of the work and thought of this key thinker, providing a thematic outline of his central ideas and his enduring influence throughout the field of philosophy. The authors lay out a detailed survey of Russell's academic, technical philosophy, exploring his work on logic, mathematics, metaphysics, language, knowledge and science. This concise and accessible book engages the reader in a deeper critical analysis of Russell's prolific philosophical and literary output.

About this title

Book Description:

A student's guide to the central ideas and key works of Bertrand Russell.

About the Author:

John Ongley currently teaches philosophy at Lehman College, City University of New York. He is co-author, with Rosalind Carey, of A Historical Dictionary of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009) and past editor of the Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly.

Rosalind Carey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lehman College, City University of New York. She is the author of Russell and Wittgenstein on the Nature of Judgement (Continuum, 2007) and Russell on Meaning: The Emergence of Scientific Philosophy From the 1920s to the 1940s (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2014), and co-author, with John Ongley, of A Historical Dictionary of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0826497543
• ISBN 13: 9780826497543
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224