An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry
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An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
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An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry

About this book

An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry was first published in 1897 when Bertrand Russell was 25 years old. It marks his first major foray into analytic philosophy, a movement in which Russell is one of the founding members and figurehead. It provides a brilliant insight into Russell's early philosophical thought and an engaging and authoritative introduction to the philosophical and logical foundations of geometry - a version of which was fundamental to Einstein's theory of relativity.

Russell explores and introduces the concepts of geometry and their philosophical implications, including a historical overview of geometrical theory, making it an invaluable resource not only for students of philosophy but anyone interested in the origins of the thought of one of the twentieth century's most important and widely-read philosophers.

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Michael Potter.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781032312262
eBook ISBN
9781000688238
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: Our Problem Defined by its Relations to Logic, Psychology and Mathematics
  10. 1 A Short History of Metageometry
  11. 2 Critical Account of Some Previous Philosophical Theories of Geometry
  12. 3 Section A: The Axioms of Projective Geometry
  13. Section B: The Axioms of Metrical Geometry
  14. 4 Philosophical Consequences
  15. Index