Nicholas John Griffin - McMaster Experts

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Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
Director, Bertrand Russell Research Centre, Faculty of Humanities
Philosophy (Internal), Faculty of Humanities
Bertrand Russell Research Centre (Internal), Faculty of Humanities
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities

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books
chapters
- Kant and Formalism. 235-249. 2019
- Russell's Bridge. 286-311. 2019
- What Part of ‘Not’ Don’t We Understand?. Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures. 161-181. 2016
- What Part of ‘Not’ Don’t We Understand?. Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures. 161-181. 2016
- Russell and Moore’s Revolt against British Idealism. 383-406. 2013
- Introduction. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. xv-xxvii. 2013
- Whatever Happened to Group Theory?. 369-390. 2013
- Russell and Leibniz on the Classification of Propositions. 85-127. 2012
- Russell and Leibniz on the Classification of Propositions. 85-127. 2012
- Rethinking Item Theory. 204-232. 2008
- Bertrand Russell's Letters on the Web. 63-66. 2006
- Through the Woods to Meinong's Jungle. 15-32. 2005
- Russell’s Philosophical Background. 84-107. 2003
- F.H. Bradley's Contribution to the Development of Logic. 195-230. 1997
- Terms, Relations, Complexes. 159-192. 1993
conferences
- The Analytic Turn. ANALYTIC TURN: ANALYSIS IN EARLY ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGY. 75-90. 2007
- The prehistory of Russell's paradox. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF RUSSELL'S PARADOX: MATHEMATICS, LOGIC, PHILOSOPHY. 349-371. 2004
- Did Russell's criticisms of Bradley's theory of relations miss their mark?. APPEARANCE VERSUS REALITY. 153-162. 1998
journal articles
- Russell on Relations, 1898: a Reconsideration. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 42:5-39. 2022
- Frank Ramsey. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 40:151-61. 2020
- Russell’s Use Theory of Meaning. Journal of the History of Analytical Philosophy. 8:1-18. 2020
- A Sexist Joke in <em>Principia Mathematica</em>. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 39:138-40. 2019
- Brandom and the brutes. Synthese. 195:5521-5547. 2018
- Discarded preface to a critical exposition of the philosophy of Leibniz. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37:245-249. 2017
- Marginalia in Russell's Copy of Gerhardt's Edition of Leibniz's <em>Philosophische Schriften</em>. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37:57-142. 2017
- Marginalia in Russell’s Copy of Gerhardt’s Edition of Leibniz’s Philosophischen Schriften. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37:57-142. 2017
- Moore’s Notes on Russell’s Leibniz Lectures. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37:143-192. 2017
- Preface to the French edition. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37:252-254. 2017
- Russell's Leibniz Notebook. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37:5-56. 2017
- THE TEXTS OF A CRITICAL EXPOSITION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF LEIBNIZ. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37:193-244. 2017
- Russell’s Neutral Monist Theory of Desire. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 35:5-28. 2015
- Basic Laws of Arithmetic. Derived Using Concept-script, vol 1-2. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 34:176-183. 2014
- BERNARD LINSKY. The Evolution of Principia Mathematica: Bertrand Russell's Manuscripts and Notes for the Second Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-107-00327-9. Pp. vii + 407. Philosophia Mathematica. 21:403-411. 2013
- PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA AT 100. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 31:5-8. 2011
- Psychologism and the Development of Russell's Account of Propositions. History and Philosophy of Logic. 30:171-186. 2009
- Russell, Clifford, Whitehead and Differential Geometry. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 28:20-38. 2008
- The logical foundations of Bradley's metaphysics. Judgment, inference, and truth. History and Philosophy of Logic. 29:195-196. 2008
- Bertrand Russell and Harold Joachim. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 27:220-244. 2007
- A hundred years of English philosophy. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 15:829-831. 2007
- Frege and the logic of sense and reference.. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 25:81-88. 2005
- Peter H. Denton. The ABC of Armageddon: Bertrand Russell on Science, Religion, and the Next War, 1919–1938. (Science, Technology, and Society.) 174 pp., notes, bibl., index. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. $54.50 (cloth); $20.95 (paper).. Isis. 94:564-565. 2003
- The principles of logic (1883 version). History and Philosophy of Logic. 24:66-68. 2003
- Definite descriptions: A reader. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 20:77-82. 2000
- The Bertrand Russell Research Centre (at McMaster University, Canada). Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 20:67-70. 2000
- Russell's marginalia in his copy of William James's 'Principles of Psychology'. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 17:123-170. 1997
- Russell - Grayling,AC. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 17:76-78. 1997
- Russell's marginalia in his copy of Bradley's 'Principles of Logic'. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 17:43-70. 1997
- A Bibliography of Bertrand RussellKenneth Blackwell and Harry Ruja London and New York: Routledge, 1995, 3 vols.: lvi + 611 pp.; xiv + 575 pp.; xi + 305 pp., £250.00. Dialogue. 36:202-203. 1997
- Bertrand Russell as a critic of religion. Studies in Religion-Sciences Religieuses. 24:47-58. 1995
- Modality and the Tractatus. Dialogue. 34:807-814. 1995
- MORRELL,OTTOLINE - LIFE ON THE GRAND SCALE - SEYMOUR,M. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 13:209-224. 1994
- WHITEHEAD,ALFRED,NORTH - THE MAN AND HIS WORK, VOL 2, 1910-1947 - LOWE,V. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 13:206-209. 1994
- WORD AND OBJECT IN HUSSERL, FREGE, AND RUSSELL - HILL,CO. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 14:102-107. 1994
- THE LEGACY OF RUSSELL IDEALISM FOR HIS LATER PHILOSOPHY - THE PROBLEM OF SUBSTANCE. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 12:186-196. 1993
- THE DECEMVIRI + RUSSELL INVOLVEMENT IN A CAMBRIDGE CLUB. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 13:48-62. 1993
- LUDWIG IN FACT AND FICTION + RECENT LITERATURE ON WITTGENSTEIN. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 12:79-111. 1992
- Non-Euclidean geometry: Still some problems for Kant. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 22:661-663. 1991
- CLEVER HEARTS - MACCARTHY,DESMOND AND MACCARTHY,MOLLY - A BIOGRAPHY - CECIL,H, CECIL,M. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 11:98-103. 1991
- Was Russell Shot or Did He Fall?. Dialogue. 30:549-554. 1991
- INTELLECTUALS - JOHNSON,P. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 10:172-178. 1990
- Rereading Russell: Essays in Bertrand Russell's Metaphysics and Epistemology (Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. XII). Analytic Philosophy. 31:151-152. 1990
- Possible Theological Perspectives in Thomas Reid's Common Sense Philosophy. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 41:425-442. 1990
- Bertrand Russell’s mathematical education. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 44:51-71. 1990
- BLOOMSBURY PROPHET - MOORE,G.E. AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS MORAL-PHILOSOPHY - REGAN,T. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 9:80-91. 1989
- MOORE ETHICS - THEORY AND PRACTICE - BEGUM,H. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 9:80-91. 1989
- RUSSELL AND SIDGWICK. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 9:12-25. 1989
- THE EARLY ESSAYS - MOORE,GE. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 9:80-91. 1989
- VICTORIAN BLOOMSBURY - THE EARLY LITERARY-HISTORY OF THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP, VOL 1 - ROSENBAUM,SP. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 9:80-91. 1989
- WHOS WHO IN BLOOMSBURY - PALMER,A, PALMER,V. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 9:80-91. 1989
- Ethical Responsibility and Historical Biography. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 6:17-30. 1989
- Anti‐Realism and Logic: Truth as Eternal. Analytic Philosophy. 30:35-38. 1989
- Lifeboat USA. International Journal of Moral and Social Studies. 4:17-36. 1989
- THE TENABILITY OF RUSSELL EARLY PHILOSOPHY. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 8:232-246. 1988
- THE TIERGARTEN PROGRAM + RUSSELL,BERTRAND. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 8:19-34. 1988
- Lifeboat USA. International Journal of Moral and Social Studies. 3:217-238. 1988
- The Rationality of InductionD. C. Stove Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1986. Pp. 231. $61.95. Dialogue. 27:178-181. 1988
- JOACHIM EARLY ADVICE TO RUSSELL ON STUDYING PHILOSOPHY. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 7:119-123. 1987
- WHITEHEAD,ALFRED,NORTH - THE MAN AND HIS WORK, VOL 1, 1861-1910 - LOWE,V. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 6:172-178. 1986
- RUSSELL - KILMISTER,CW. Analytic Philosophy. 27:32-36. 1986
- BRODY'S ESSENTIALISM. The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 23:273-277. 1985
- Russell's multiple relation theory of judgment. Philosophical Studies. 47:213-247. 1985
- CORRECTION. The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 23:401-401. 1985
- MEINONG AND THE PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENCE - LAMBERT,K. Analytic Philosophy. 26:20-23. 1985
- On AssumptionsAlexius Meinong Edited and translated, with an Introduction, by James Heanue Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983. Pp. xlviii, 331. $29.95. Dialogue. 24:726-728. 1985
- RUSSELL,BERTRAND AMERICA, VOL 2, 1945-1970, A DOCUMENTED ACCOUNT - FEINBERG,B, KASRILS,R. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 5:72-76. 1985
- Book Reviews. History and Philosophy of Logic. 5:131-142. 1984
- CERTAINTY, A REFUTATION OF SCEPTICISM - KLEIN,PD. Review of Metaphysics. 37:856-859. 1984
- RUSSELL,BERTRAND CRISIS OF FAITH. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 4:101-122. 1984
- Nonexistent ObjectsTerence Parsons New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1980. Pp. 258. $25.00. Dialogue. 22:178-180. 1983
- REPLY TO DEMOPOULOS + ON RUSSELL,BERTRAND EARLY PHILOSOPHY AND HIS 'PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA'. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 3:43-47. 1983
- What’s Wrong with Bradley’s Theory of Judgment?. Idealistic Studies. 13:199-225. 1983
- Exploring Meinong's Jungle and Beyond: An Investigation of Noneism and the Theory of ItemsRichard Routley Philosophy Department Monograph Series Canberra, Australia: Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, 1980. Pp. 1035. $18.35. Dialogue. 21:764-769. 1982
- EXPLORING MEINONG JUNGLE AND BEYOND - AN INVESTIGATION OF NONEISM AND THE THEORY OF ITEMS - ROUTLEY,R. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 2:53-60. 1982
- NEW WORK ON RUSSELL EARLY PHILOSOPHY. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 2:69-83. 1982
- REVOLUTIONS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - HESSE,M. Annals of Science. 39:205-207. 1982
- Russell on specific and universal relations:the principles of mathematics, §55. History and Philosophy of Logic. 3:55-67. 1982
- Aboriginal Rights: Gauthier's Arguments for Despoilation. Dialogue. 20:690-696. 1981
- Philosophy of Geometry from Riemann to Poincare.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 31:374-374. 1981
- Thought, Fact, and Reference: The Origins and Ontology of Logical Atomism.. Philosophical Review. 90:292-292. 1981
- DEAR RUSSELL - DEAR JOURDAIN - A COMMENTARY ON RUSSELL LOGIC BASED ON HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH JOURDAIN,PHILIP - GRATTANGUINNESS,I. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 75-86. 1981
- MOORE - MOORE,G.E. AND THE CAMBRIDGE APOSTLES - LEVY,P. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 1:71-82. 1981
- Projects in progress. History and Philosophy of Logic. 2:121-131. 1981
- Sceptical Arguments. The Philosophical Quarterly. 31:17-17. 1981
- Russell on the nature of logic (1903?1913). Synthese. 45:117-188. 1980
- PHILOSOPHICAL IMPORTANCE OF RUSSELL 'COLLECTED PAPERS'. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 17-23. 1980
- Supervaluations and Tarski.. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 19:297-298. 1978
- Chinese Labor and British Christian Missionaries in France, 1917-1919. Journal of Church and State. 20:287-304. 1978
- An invalid epistemological argument against double-action theories. Analysis. 38:42-45. 1978
- DEVIANT LOGIC - HAACK,S. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 56:261-264. 1978
- Relative Identity Relations: A Reply to Dr. Noonan. Mind. LXXXVII:576-581. 1978
- Do We Need Predication?. Dialogue. 16:653-663. 1977
- RUSSELL HORRIBLE TRAVESTY OF MEINONG. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 39-51. 1977
- Ayers on Relative Identity. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 6:579-594. 1976
- SPACE, TIME, AND SPACETIME - SKLAR,L. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 54:181-182. 1976
- Has Harré Solved Hempel's Paradox?. Mind. LXXXIV:426-430. 1975
- Wittgenstein, Universals and Family Resemblances. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 3:635-651. 1974
- Bertrand Russell et Harold Joachim. Philosophiques. 36:109-130.
- Moore's Notes on Leibniz Lectures. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37.
- Moore's Notes on Leibniz Lectures. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 37.
- WITTGENSTEIN CRITICISM OF RUSSELL THEORY OF JUDGMENT. Russell - Journal of the Bertrand Russell Studies. 5:132-149.
other
- The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The Public Years, 1914-1970. 660-660. 2001