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Russellian, a. and n.|rʌˈsɛlɪən|
[f. the name Russell (see Russell3) + -ian.]
A. adj. Designating the mathematical or philosophical ideas of Bertrand Russell; characteristic of or pertaining to Russell (in quot. 1956, spec. of Russell's paradox: see Russell3).
B. n. An adherent of Russell's ideas. Hence ˈRussellism, the system of Russell's thought and practice.
1923C. D. Broad Sci. Thought xiii. 534 Physical objects in the Russellian sense. 1934R. Campbell Broken Record 145 Russellism and Waughism seem to me to be as tyrannical and brutal..as Arnold-of-Rugby-ism. 1937Discovery Feb. 61/1 The Russellian ‘calculus of propositions’. 1950Mind LIX. 344 Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language. 1954R. Wells in Word X. 235 Thus Wittgenstein has played a major part in all three branches of the Russellian movement. Ibid. 245 Examples..have been separately discussed by various Russellians and Wittgensteinians. 1956G. E. M. Anscombe tr. Wittgenstein's Remarks on Found. of Math. v. 166 The Russellian contradiction is disquieting, not because it is a contradiction, but because the whole growth culminating in it is a cancerous growth. 1972Listener 27 Jan. 119/1 His interest is the more Russellian one of getting the system to work. 1977Language LIII. 74 Perhaps he is taking a Russellian view of definite descriptions. |