Russell, Moore and Wittgenstein

The book contains studies in ontology and analysis that focus on the 'revolt against idealism' of Russell, Moore, and Wittgenstein in the early part of the 20th century and the resulting development of analytic philosophy and revival of realism. Taking up the problems posed by reference and predication, truth, facts, causality, dispositions, intentionality, propositions, particulars and universals, the analytic-synthetic distinction, logicism, abstract entities, and materialism, the essays present a systematic analysis of such issues in the context provided by classical works of the three Cambridge philosophers.