Russell on Judgment

Abstract From at least 1909 to 1913, and by some accounts until 1918, Russell held several successive versions of a theory of judgment known as the “multiple-relation theory.” Russell called it a multiple-relation theory to contrast it with his earlier dual-relation theory, according to which judgment is a dual relation between a subject and a structured, Russellian proposition. The multiple-relation theory emerged from exigencies within Russell’s logicist project, but he also sought to provide