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Contents Preface Introduction to the Second Edition
Part I The Indefinables of Mathematics
Chapter 1 Definition of Pure Mathematics Chapter 2 Symbolic Logic Chapter 3 Implication and Formal Implication Chapter 4 Proper Names, Adjectives and Verbs Chapter 5 Denoting Chapter 6 Classes Chapter 7 Propositional Functions Chapter 8 The Variable Chapter 9 Relations Chapter 10 The Contradiction
Part II Number
Chapter 11 Definition of Cardinal Numbers Chapter 12 Addition and Multiplication Chapter 13 Finite and Infinite Chapter 14 Theory of Finite Numbers Chapter 15 Addition of Terms and Addition of Classes Chapter 16 Whole and Part Chapter 17 Infinite Wholes Chapter 18 Ratios and Fractions
Part III Quantity
Chapter 19 The Meaning of Magnitude Chapter 20 The Range of Quantity Chapter 21 Numbers as Expressing Magnitudes: Measurement Chapter 22 Zero Chapter 23 Infinity, The Infinitesimal and Continuity
Part IV Order
Chapter 24 The Genesis of Series Chapter 25 The Meaning of Order Chapter 26 Asymmetrical Relations Chapter 27 Difference of Sense and Difference of Sign Chapter 28 The Difference Between Open and Closed Series Chapter 29 Progressions and Ordinal Numbers Chapter 30 Dedekind's Theory of Numbers Chapter 31 Distance
Part V Infinity and Continuity
Chapter 32 The Correlation of Series Chapter 33 Real Numbers Chapter 34 Limits and Irrational Numbers Chapter 35 Cantor's First Definition of Continuity Chapter 36 Ordinal Continuity Chapter 37 Transfinite Cardinals Chapter 38 Transfinite Ordinals Chapter 39 The Infinitesimal Calculus Chapter 40 The Infinitesimal and the Improper Infinite Chapter 41 Philosophical Arguments Concerning the Infinitesimal Chapter 42 The Philosophy of the Continuum Chapter 43 The Philosophy of the Infinite
Part VI Space
Chapter 44 Dimensions and Complex Numbers Chapter 45 Projective Geometry Chapter 46 Descriptive Geometry Chapter 47 Metrical Geometry Chapter 48 Relation of Metrical to Projective and Descriptive Geometry Chapter 49 Definitions of Various Spaces Chapter 50 The Continuity of Space Chapter 51 Logical Arguments Against Points Chapter 52 Kant's Theory of Space
Part VII Matter and Motion
Chapter 53 Matter Chapter 54 Motion Chapter 55 Causality Chapter 56 Definition of a Dynamical World Chapter 57 Newton's Laws of Motion Chapter 58 Absolute and Relative Motion Chapter 59 Hertz's Dynamics
Appendices and Index
Appendix A The Logical and Arithmetical Doctrines of Frege Appendix B The Doctrine of Types Index
* Bertrand Russell, The Principles of Mathematics, vol. 1 (Cambridge University Press, 1903)