Russell

T or F 1. Russell rejected idealism.

T or F 2. Russell embraced idealism.

T or F 3. Russell rejected idealism because of its constructivism.

T or F 4. Russell rejected idealism because of its pluralism.

T or F 5. Russell embraced idealism because of its monism.

T or F 6. Russell rejected idealism because of its monism.

T or F 7. Russell was a leader in the revival of idealism.

T or F 8. Russell was a leader in the revival of realism.

T or F 9. According to Russell the universe is a collection of independent discrete entities.

T or F 10. According to Russell the universe is not a collection of independent discrete entities.

T or F 11. Synthesis is the method by which we come to know the nature of the atomic entities making up the universe.

T or F 12. Analysis is the method by which we come to know the nature of the atomic entities making up the universe.

T or F 13. Analysis is the method by which we come to know the nature of the pluralistic entities making up the universe.170

T or F 14. Similar to Descartes Russell came to the study of mathematics through the study of Philosophy.

T or F 15. Similar to Descartes Russell came to the study of Philosophy through the study of Mathematics.

T or F 16. Russell endorsed Moore's view that the business of Philosophy is "to give a general description of the whole universe".

T or F 17. Russell rejected Moore's view that the business of Philosophy is "to give a general description of the whole universe".

T or F 18. Russell endorsed Moore's view that common sense provides the answers to Philosophical questions.

T or F 19. Russell rejected Moore's view that common sense provides the answers to Philosophical questions.

T or F 20. Russell maintained that most of what passes for Philosophical is open to doubt.

T or F 21. Russell denied that most of what passes for Philosophical is open to doubt.

Russell's Program

T or F 22. The project of making an inventory of the kinds of entities that exist was difficult.

T or F 23. The project of making an inventory of the kinds of entities that exist was fairly easy.

T or F 24. Russell changed his mind a number of times about what types of entities really belong in the inventory and which do not.

T or F 25. Russell didn't really change his mind a number of times about what types of entities belong in the inventory and which do not.

T or F 26. At the outset Russell thought the inventory consisted of minds, material objects, universals ,particulars, and the laws of logic.

T or F 27. Eventually Russell dropped material objects from the inventory.

T or F 28. Eventually Russell dropped universals from the inventory.

T or F 29. Eventually Russell dropped the laws of logic from the inventory.

T or F 30. Eventually Russell dropped particulars from the inventory.

T or F 31. Eventually Russell dropped minds from the inventory.

T or F 32. Russell also dropped the idea that there is a distinction between entities we know by direct acquaintance and entities we know through inference.

T or F 33. Russell never dropped the idea that there is a distinction between entities we know by direct acquaintance and entities we know through inference.

T or F 34. Monism was crucial to Russell's project.

T or F 35. Pluralism was crucial to Russell's project.

T or F 36. Synthesis was crucial to Russell's project.

T or F 37. Analysis was crucial to Russell's project.

T or F 38. Facts are independent of experience.

T or F 39. Facts are not independent of experience.

40. What is Occam's Razor?

T or F 41. Logical structure reveals a number of truths about ordinary language.

T or F 42. Ordinary language reveals logical structure.

T or F 43. Ordinary language is so incoherent that it conceals logical structure.

T or F 44. Russell concentrated on logical form.174

T or F 45. Russell concentrated on linguistic form.

Logical Analysis

T or F 46. Every philosophical problem is not really a problem at all or the result of logical difficulties.

T or F 47. Every philosophical problem is not really a problem at all or the result of linguistic difficulties.

T or F 48. Aristotelian logic puts thought in fetters.

T or F 49. Aristotelian logic liberates thought.

T or F 50. All judgements are predicative in form.

T or F 51. All judgements are not predicative in form.

T or F 52. Logic should provide a foundation for Mathematics.

T or F 52. Mathematics should provide a foundation for Logic.

T or F 53. All pure mathematics could be regarded as consisting of propositions about irrational numbers.

T or F 54. All pure mathematics could be regarded as consisting of propositions about prime numbers.

T or F 55. All pure mathematics could be regarded as consisting of propositions about natural numbers.

T or F 56. All pure mathematics could be regarded as consisting of propositions about real numbers.

T or F 57. The entire theory of real numbers could be derived from 0,number, successor.

T or F 58. The entire theory of irrational numbers could be derived from 0,number, successor.

T or F 59. The entire theory of natural numbers could be derived from 1,number, successor.

T or F 60. The entire theory of real numbers could be derived from 1,number, successor.

T or F 61. The entire theory of irrational numbers could be derived from 1,number, successor.

T or F 62. The entire theory of natural numbers could be derived from 0,number, successor.

T or F 63. To define number as the class of all classes is to say that number is a class.

T or F 64. To define number as the class of all classes is to say that number is not a class.

T or F 65. Some classes are members of themselves.

T or F 66. Some classes are not members of themselves.

T or F 67. Some classes are both members of themselves and not members of themselves.

T or F 68. A solution to the paradox of the class of classes was urgent if Russell's attempt to provide a mathematical foundation for logic was not to collapse.

T or F 69. A solution to the paradox of the class of classes was urgent if Russell's attempt to provide a linguistic foundation for logic was not to collapse.

T or F 70. A solution to the paradox of the class of classes was urgent if Russell's attempt to provide a logical foundation for mathematics was not to collapse.

T or F 71. Russell's solution to the paradox of the class of classes was to introduce a theory of linguistics.

T or F 72. Russell's solution to the paradox of the class of classes was to introduce a theory of logic.

T or F 73. Russell's solution to the paradox of the class of classes was to introduce a theory of sets.

T or F 74. Russell's solution to the paradox of the class of classes was to introduce a hierarchy of types.

T or F 75. Russell's solution to the paradox of the class of classes was to introduce a hierarchy of sets.

76. List the 3 types of propositions that Russell presents in his theory/Hierarchy.

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T or F 77. The end result of logical analysis is obvious.

T or F 78. The end result of mathematical analysis is obvious.

T or F 79. The end result of linguistic analysis is obvious.

T or F 80. All philosophical puzzles caused by the incoherence of ordinary language are resolvable by mathematical logic.

T or F 81. All philosophical puzzles caused by the incoherence of ordinary language are not resolvable by mathematical logic.

T or F 82. All philosophical puzzles caused by the incoherence of ordinary language are not resolvable by linguistic analysis.

T or F 83. All philosophical puzzles caused by the incoherence of ordinary language are resolvable by linguistic analysis.

On Denoting

84. What three kinds of denoting phrases are there?

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85. What is knowledge by acquaintance?

86. What is knowledge by description?

T or F 87. Denoting phrases have meaning in themselves.

T or F 88. Denoting phrases never have meaning in themselves.

T or F 89. Denoting phrases sometimes have meaning in themselves and sometimes do not have meaning in themselves.

T or F 90. After correct analysis denoting phrases disappear.