Tables of Contents for Last Philosophical Testament 1943-1968
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Abbreviations
xii
 
Introduction
xiii
 
Acknowledgements
xxxi
 
Chronology
xxxv
 
PART I. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND SELF-CRITICAL WRITINGS
Headnote to Contributions to The Philosophy of Bertrand Russel (1-2)
3
2
My Mental Development [1944]
5
13
Russell's Replies [1944-65]
18
49
Reply to Criticisms [1944]
18
46
Addendum to My ``Reply to Criticisms'' [1965]
64
3
My Own Philosophy [1946]
67
16
The Faith of a Rationalist [1947]
83
6
Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic? A Plea for Tolerance in the Face of New Dogmas [1949]
89
8
Headnote to Four Autobiographical Broadcasts [6-9]
93
4
Why I Took to Philosophy [1955]
97
3
Some Philosophical Contacts [1955]
100
3
Beliefs: Discarded and Retained [1955]
103
3
My Debt to German Learning [1955]
106
11
PART II. NON-DEMONSTRATIVE INFERENCE
Headnote to Five Papers on Non-Demonstrative Inference (10-14)
113
4
Project of Future Work [1943]
117
1
Postulates of Scientific Method [1943]
118
3
Non-Deductive Inference [1945?]
121
8
Postulates of Scientific Inference [1948]
129
9
Note on Non-Demonstrative Inference and Induction [1959]
138
2
The Nature and Origin of Scientific Method [1948]
140
8
PART III. ON SOME OR HIS YOUNGER CONTEMPORARIES
Headnote to Two Papers on Logical Positivism [16-17]
147
1
Logical Positivism [1945]
148
7
Logical Positivism [1950]
155
16
Headnote to Two Reviews of Ayer [18-19]
168
3
Review of A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic [1947]
171
2
Loght versus Heat [1954]
173
3
Ludwig Wittgenstein [1951]
176
7
PART IV. ON SOME OF HIS OLDER CONTEMPORARIES
Foreword to Feibleman, Introduction to Peirce's Philosophy [1946]
183
7
Headnote to Three Papers on Whitehead (22-24)
187
3
Whitehead and Principia Mathematica [1948]
190
1
Alfred North Whitehead [1952]
191
4
Asage's Table-Talk [1954]
195
2
Reminiscences of Mc Taggart [1948]
197
3
George Santayana [1953]
200
9
Headnote to Two Papers on G. E. Moore (27-28)
207
2
Prof. G. E. Moore/Influence on Lord Russell [1958]
209
1
The Influence and Thought of G. E. Moore [1959]
210
3
Preface to Jean Nicod, Le Probleme Logique de L'induction [1961]
213
6
PART V. METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY
Papers on Philosophy [1945?]
219
15
Philosophy [1945?]
220
3
Philosophy [1945?]
223
11
Hume [1946]
234
11
Mind and Matter in Modern Science [1945]
245
12
The Problem of Universals [1946]
257
17
Rewards of Philosophy [1948]
274
5
Mind and Matter [1950]
279
14
The Principle of Individuation [1950]
293
11
Perception [1957]
304
4
Notes on Philosophy [1960]
308
7
PART VI. LOGIC AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
Preface to William Kingdom Clifford, The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences [1946]
315
6
Review of Rupert Crawshay-Williams, The Comforts of Unreason [1947]
321
7
William of Occam: Empiricist and Democrat [1949]
328
10
When Is an Opinion Rational? [1950]
338
14
Is Mathematics Purely Linguistic? [1950]
352
11
Mathematical Infinity [1958]
363
4
PART VII. ETHICS AND POLITICS
The Thinkers behind Germany's Sins [1944]
367
4
What Is Democracy? [1946]
371
5
Headnote to Contributions to Universities Quarterly (47-48)
375
1
Philosophy for laymen [1946]
376
8
Comments on Articles on Philosophy [1947]
384
1
A Plea for Clear Thinking [1947]
385
4
Philosophy and Politics [1947]
389
16
Review of Amber Blanco White, Ethics for Unbelievers [1949]
405
3
Le Philosophe en temps de crise [1950]
408
9
Freedom and the Philosopher [1951]
417
5
Reason and Passion [1952]
422
5
The Idea of Progress [1953]
427
5
The Spirit of Inquiry [1953]
432
9
A Philosophy for Our Time [1953]
441
9
Knowledge and Wisdom [1954]
450
5
The Duty of a Philosopher in This Age [1964]
455
20
PART VIII. JOHN STUART MILL
General Headnote
John Stuart Mill and the Idea of Liberty [1948]
475
4
Mill on Liberty [1950]
479
3
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty [1951]
482
8
The Saint of Rationalism [1954]
490
3
A Good-Hearted Philosopher [1954]
493
3
Influence of John Stuart Mill [1955]
496
1
John Stuart Mill [1955]
497
14
A Discussion on Liberty [1956]
511
10
PART IX. CRITIQUE OF RELIGION
The Existance of God [1948]
521
21
Is There a God? [1952]
542
7
What Is an Agnostic? [1953]
549
9
Do Science and Religion Conflict? [1954]
558
5
Preface to Why I Am Not a Christian [1957]
563
15
PART X. ALBERT EINSTEIN
General Headnote
571
7
Einstein and the Theory of Relativity [1949]
578
5
Man of the Half-Century? I Choose Einstein [1950]
583
2
Albert Einstein [1955]
585
3
The Greatness of Albert Einstein [1955]
588
3
Preface to Einstein on Peace [1960]
591
2
Statement on Einstein [1964]
593
1
Broadcast Concerning Einstein [1965]
593
1
Foreword to The Born-Einstein Letters [1968]
594
16
PART XI. CRITIQUE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY
General Headnote
599
11
The Cult of ``Common Usage'' [1953]
610
4
Philosophical Analysis [1956]
614
11
Logic and Ontology [1957]
625
5
Mr. Strawson on Referring [1957]
630
5
What Is Mind? [1958]
635
7
Introduction to Ernest Gellner, Words and Things [1959]
642
53
APPENDIXES
I ``Philosophy for Lay Students''
647
7
W. B. Gallie
II Le Principle d'individuation [1950]
654
12
III Un Filosofo de Buon Cuore [1954]
666
4
IV Foreword to Logic and Knowledge [1956]
670
2
V ``Infinity''
672
8
E. R. Emmet
VI Russell's Notes on Warnock, Strawson, Ryle and Gellner [1956-59]
680
9
VII Russell's Last Philosophical Writing [1968]
689
6
Annotation
695
92
Textual Notes
787
40
Bibliographical Index
827
36
General Index
863