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Single Idea 6107
[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic
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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 Ref
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.
The
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from 'Logical Atomism'
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10968
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Russell gave up logical atomism because of negative, general and belief propositions
[Russell, by Read]
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6107
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It is logic, not metaphysics, that is fundamental to philosophy
[Russell]
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6109
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Some axioms may only become accepted when they lead to obvious conclusions
[Russell]
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6108
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Maths can be deduced from logical axioms and the logic of relations
[Russell]
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6110
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Subject-predicate logic (and substance-attribute metaphysics) arise from Aryan languages
[Russell]
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6111
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As propositions can be put in subject-predicate form, we wrongly infer that facts have substance-quality form
[Russell]
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6112
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Meaning takes many different forms, depending on different logical types
[Russell]
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6113
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To mean facts we assert them; to mean simples we name them
[Russell]
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6114
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'Simples' are not experienced, but are inferred at the limits of analysis
[Russell]
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6116
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A logical language would show up the fallacy of inferring reality from ordinary language
[Russell]
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6115
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Vagueness, and simples being beyond experience, are obstacles to a logical language
[Russell]
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6117
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Philosophy should be built on science, to reduce error
[Russell]
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21722
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Better to construct from what is known, than to infer what is unknown
[Russell]
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6118
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Philosophy is logical analysis, followed by synthesis
[Russell]
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