Principles of Mathematics

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Principles of Mathematics is Bertrand Russell’s foundational work in mathematical logic and the philosophy of mathematics, arguing that mathematics can be derived from purely logical principles.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
philosophy of mathematics work
work on mathematical logic
addresses concept of infinity
continuity and the continuum
foundations of geometry
logical form of mathematical propositions
nature of classes and relations
nature of numbers
paradoxes of set theory
author Bertrand Russell
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre logic
mathematics
philosophy
hasPart Part I: The Indefinables of Mathematics
Part II: Number
Part III: Quantity
Part IV: Order
Part V: Infinity and Continuity
Part VI: Space
Part VII: Matter and Motion
influenced 20th-century analytic philosophy
Principia Mathematica
foundations of mathematics research
philosophy of logic
language English
mainClaim all pure mathematics can be derived from logical principles
mathematics deals with logical relations among abstract entities
notableFor early use of symbolic logic in foundations of mathematics
systematic defense of logicism
philosophicalPositionDefended logicism
mathematics is reducible to logic
publicationYear 1903
publisher Cambridge University Press
relatedWork Principia Mathematica
subject classes
continuity
foundations of mathematics
geometry
infinity
logicism
mathematical logic
number theory
philosophy of mathematics
relations
set theory
timePeriod early 20th century

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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
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Principles of Mathematics ("Part I: The Indefinables of Mathematics")
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