Bertrand Russell's Bundle Theory of Particulars

<b>Winner of the 2015 Bertrand Russell Society Book Award</b><i><br/><br/>Bertrand Russell's Bundle Theory of Particulars</i> presents and evaluates Russell's arguments for two competing theories on the nature of particulars at different stages in his career: the substratum theory of particulars (1903-1913) and the bundle theory of particulars (1940-1948). <br/><br/>Through its original focus on Russell's little known metaphysics in the later part of his career this study explains why Russell's theory of particulars is relevant today. It argues that a Russellian realist bundle theory is indeed the best explanation of similarities and differences that we observe around us thanks to the ontological economy such a theory provides and its strength and completeness as a theory of the nature of reality. <br/><br/>Tackling the major criticisms levelled against the realist bundle theory - the problem of individuation the problem of necessity and the problem of analyticity - this study presents and defends a tenable Russellian bundle theory which can answer the objections. <i>Bertrand Russell's Bundle Theory of Particulars</i> is a novel and significant contribution to Russell scholarship.<br/><i><br/></i>