Macbride, F. (2012) The Cambridge revolt against idealism: was there ever an Eden? Metaphilosophy, 43(1-2), pp. 135-146. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2011.01736.x)
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Abstract
According to one creation myth, analytic philosophy emerged in Cambridge when Moore and Russell abandoned idealism in favour of naive realism: every word stood for something; it was only after “the Fall,” Russell's discovery of his theory of descriptions, that they realized some complex phrases (“the present King of France”) didn't stand for anything. It has become a commonplace of recent scholarship to object that even before the Fall, Russell acknowledged that such phrases may fail to denote. But we need to go further: even before the Fall, Russell had taken an altogether more discerning approach to the ontology of logic and relations than is usually recognized.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Macbride, Professor Fraser |
| Authors: | Macbride, F. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Journal Name: | Metaphilosophy |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0026-1068 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1467-9973 |
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