Single Idea 6107

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic]

Full Idea

I hold that logic is what is fundamental in philosophy, and that schools should be characterised rather by their logic than by their metaphysics.

Gist of Idea

It is logic, not metaphysics, that is fundamental to philosophy

Source

Bertrand Russell (Logical Atomism [1924], p.143)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Russell's Logical Atomism', ed/tr. Pears,David [Fontana 1972], p.143


A Reaction

Personally I disagree. Russell seems to have been most interested in the logical form underlying language, but that seems to be because he was interested in the ontological implications of what we say, which is metaphysics.