Synopsis "The Analysis of Mind"
The Analysis of MindBy Bertrand RussellThe aspects of Bertrand Russell views on philosophy cover the changing viewpoints of philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell, from his early writings in 1896 until his death.At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense." He was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom.In the early 20th century, Russell led the British "revolt against idealism." He is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy along with his predecessor Gottlob Frege, colleague G. E. Moore, and his protégé Ludwig Wittgenstein. He is widely held to be one of the 20th century's premier logicians. With A. N. Whitehead he wrote Principia Mathematica, an attempt to create a logical basis for mathematics. His philosophical essay "On Denoting" has been considered a "paradigm of philosophy." His work has had a considerable influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science (see type theory and type system), and philosophy, especially the philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics. ContentsPREFACETHE ANALYSIS OF MINDLECTURE I. RECENT CRITICISMS OF "CONSCIOUSNESS"LECTURE II. INSTINCT AND HABITLECTURE III. DESIRE AND FEELINGLECTURE IV. INFLUENCE OF PAST HISTORY ON PRESENT OCCURRENCES IN LIVINGLECTURE V. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CAUSAL LAWSLECTURE VI. INTROSPECTIONLECTURE VII. THE DEFINITION OF PERCEPTIONLECTURE VIII. SENSATIONS AND IMAGESLECTURE IX. MEMORYLECTURE X. WORDS AND MEANINGLECTURE XI. GENERAL IDEAS AND THOUGHTLECTURE XII. BELIEFLECTURE XIII. TRUTH AND FALSEHOODLECTURE XIV. EMOTIONS AND WILLLECTURE XV. CHARACTERISTICS OF MENTAL PHENOMENA
