My Philosophical Development 我的哲学发展 英文版.doc

BERTRAND RUSSELL My Philosophical Development WITH AN APPENDIX, RUSSELLS PHILOSOPHY, By ALAN WOOD SIMON AND SCHUSTER NEW YORK 1959 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN ANY FORM COPYRIGHT 1959 BY GEORGE ALLEN UNWIN, LTD. PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC ROCKEFELLER CENTER, 630 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 20, N. Y. FIRST PRINTING LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER I 59-7264 MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRINTED BY REEHL LITIIO CO., NEW YORK, N. Y. BOUND BY AMERICAN BOOK-STRATFORD PRESS, NEW YORK, N. Y. PREFATORY NOTE MR ALAN WOOD, whose book The Passionate Skeptic won widespread and well-deserved applause, was intending to write a more technical examination of my philosophy, but at the time of his death only, a small part of this work had been completed. This small part included an Introduction, and this Introduction has seemed to those who have read it to be of value, and, therefore, worth publishing. On this ground, it is being printed at the end of the present volume. If it had become available sooner, it would have been put at the beginning of the volume, but it came too late for this to be possible. I think readers may find it advisable to turn to it first, as it admirably clarifies various things that might otherwise cause misunderstanding. It is deeply to be regretted that Mr. Wood did not live to complete the work. B.R. CONTENTS 1. Introductory Outline 2. My Present View of the World 3. First Efforts 4. Excursion into Idealism 5. Revolt into Pluralism 6. Logical Technique in Mathematics 7. Principia Mathematical Philosophical Aspects 8. Principia Mathematica: Mathematical Aspects 9. The External World 10. The Impact of Wittgenstein 11. Theory of Knowledge 12. Consciousness and Experience 13. Language 14. Universals and Particulars and Names 15. The Definition of ‘Truth ‘ 16. Non-Demonstrative Inference 17. The Retreat from Pythagoras 18. Some Replies to Criticism Russells Philosophy: a