Bertrand Russell and the Edwardian philosophers
Subtitle: constructing the world
By: Omar W. Nasim.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780230205796
Subjects: Russell, Bertrand, -- 1872-1970; Stout, George Frederick, -- 1860-1944; Nunn, T. Percy -- Sir, -- 1870-1944; Philosophy, British -- 19th century; Philosophy, British -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Stout's proto-new-realism; title: Situating G.F. Stout; title: Stout's doctrine of primary and secondary qualities; title: Stout and the Brentano School; title: Representative function of presentations; title: Sensible space and real space; title: Cook Wilson's geometrical counter-example; title: Stout's central question; title: Ideal constructions; title: Ideal constructions in psychology and epistemology; title: British new realism : the language of madness; title: Stout's criticisms of Alexander; title: Alexander's response; title: The nature of sensations, images, and other presentations; title: What is the metaphysical problem?; title: "How can the interpretation which is supplied by the mind be a constituent of the [physical] object?"; title: Some general remarks; title: British new realism : the language of common-sense; title: T.P. Nunn and the new realism; title: Nunn and things; title: Nunn's postulate; title: Russell and Stout on sensible objects; title: Russell, sense-data and sensibilia; title: The methods of construction; title: Russell's constructions and Nunn's postulate; title: Constructions, psychology, and the essence of philosophy; title: The methods of logical construction; title: A mathematical development; title: The principle of abstraction.