On Russell’s 1927 Book The Analysis of Matter

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ID22134549
AutoresSaid Mikki (0000-0002-0225-1941, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas40
Data de publicação2021-05-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhilosophies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2409-9287 • E-ISSN: 2409-9287
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/philosophies6020040
OpenAlexW3160623004
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas17

The goal of this article is to bring into wider attention the often neglected important work by Bertrand Russell on the philosophy of nature and the foundations of physics, published in the year 1927. It is suggested that the idea of what could be named Russell space, introduced in Part III of that book, may be viewed as more fundamental than many other types of spaces since the highly abstract nature of the topological ordinal space proposed by Russell there would incorporate into its very fabric the emergent nature of spacetime by deploying event assemblages, but not spacetime or particles, as the fundamental building blocks of the world. We also point out the curious historical fact that the book The Analysis of Matter can be chronologically considered the earliest book-length generic attempt to reflect on the relation between quantum mechanics, just emerging by that time, and general relativity

Epistemology · General relativity · Geometry · Linguistics · Philosophy of science · Physics · Quantum mechanics · Spacetime · Theoretical physics · Theory of relativity · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Quantum Mechanics and Applications · Relativity and Gravitational Theory