Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy ( Short Title: Mathematical Philosophy, original title. " Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, George Allen & Unwin, London 1919 " ) is a book by Bertrand Russell. He tried herein to a wider public bring the idea to the foundation of mathematics, which he had developed as early as 1906 in his co-authored with Whitehead main mathematical work " Principia Mathematica ". Russell presented here the mathematical problems of introduction and by no means exhaustive dar. If necessary, he refers to the Principia Mathematica. Nevertheless, there is a math and no philosophy book. However, it was significantly more received as the Principia Mathematica.

The book is a classic in fundamental questions of mathematics, it has been translated into many languages and underwent numerous editions. In German, it is currently available as:. Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, ed. Johannes Lenhard, Michael Otte, Meiner, Hamburg, 2006. ISBN 978-3-7873-1828-5 ( Philosophical Library Series ).

Russell wrote the book in prison, where he had to serve a six month sentence for his political activities during the First World War.