Russell is the most important philosopher of mathematics of the twentieth century. The author of The Principles of Mathematics, and, with Alfred Whitehead, the massive Principia Mathematica, he brought together his formidable knowledge of the subject and skills as a gifted communicator to provide a classic introduction to the philosophy of mathematics. Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy sets out in a lucid and non-technical way the main ideas of Principia Mathematica. It is as inspiring and useful to the beginner now as it was when it was first published in 1919.
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By E. Clarke
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This is really not about philosophy, but rather it is a "popular" version of Russell and Whitehead's classic Principia Mathematica, presumably written before the paradoxes of the logical approach had become apparent. Typically of Russell, it is written in a clear and accessible, if ponderous, English, and I have no doubt it is a classic of its type (as one reviewer said). I hope one day to finish it, but I found the relentless argumentation hard to follow after the first four chapters (so much so that I deluded myself that I would probably follow the formal arguments better in the Principia, with its logical notation - a sad delusion of grandeur). The fault is purely mine, and I hope to return to it some day, but there does seem to be a lack of purely philosophical discussion in the book (which Russell admits in his preface). So my rating reflects a purely personal reaction, not the quality of the work, but it might give some future readers some pause for thought before diving in. Or encourage them to prove their intellectual mettle is better than mine (which would not be hard).
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By Derek Ball
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Russell's brilliant classic is a easy introduction to his views on a number of topics in philosophy of mathematics and logic, and remains a good place to approach these topics in their own right. Unfortunately, this edition (Forgotten Books) is unacceptable, as it fails to reprint p. 83.
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By Jerome
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Amazing book. However this edition was awful, alright into the first chapter there was spelling mistakes. I downloaded another edition online for free. I definitely recommend the book, just not this edition.
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Published 16 months ago by 9amaldon
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poorly put together
The content is good, as is typical of Russell, but with no index and the 16 chapters just labelled section 1 to section 16, it is difficult to find a subject and ever harder to... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2011 by B. L. J. Webb
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Lucid pleasure
I wish all books about maths (and books OF maths) were written as well and as simply and as clearly as this one. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2010 by Mark Bones
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Mathematical Philosophy
What the author of the review above (the first one) obviously didn't notice was that the book is called 'intro to m'cal philosophy' not 'the philosophy of mathematics'. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2004
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A very dated and one-sided introduction to the subject
This book is important for revealing Russell's views, at a certain point in his career, on the philosphies of mathematics and logic. Read more
Published on 12 July 1999
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A very accessible mathematical classic
An excellent and lucid exposition of what we really mean when we talk about 2 houses, or 1/2 an hour, or square root of 2 meters, or that the counting numbers are infinite. Read more
Published on 30 Sep 1998
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