Word: mathematica
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...kept at all abreast of modern philosophic thought. Mr. Russell has established himself so firmly in philosophy that it is not untrue to say that in England today there is a "Russian school." Professor Royce remarked on one occasion, at least, that Mr. Russell's work, "The Principia Mathematica," is undoubtedly the most important work in philosophy of the past ten or fifteen years...
...philosophy, logic, social psychology, and ethics. Particularly striking will his vigorous and novel views be regarded here in that he is one of the distinguished leaders of the present Neo-realistic movement which is a reaction against the old extremes of naturalism and idealism. His most brilliant works, "Principia Mathematica" (1910) and "Problems of Philosophy" (1911) aroused a revolutionary enthusiasm among the Syounger and rising philosophers of the present generation. His visit will undoubtedly be a great factor in paving the way for a revival of Harvard's position as the mecca of philosophers as it had been when...