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The Analysis of Mind

Bertrand Russell
1921 · English
Philosophical lectures · Early-twentieth-century British neutral monism

Russell's 1921 lectures on neutral monism — mind as logical construction from neutral particulars

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Attribute The Analysis of Mind (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Relational
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Relational
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

The Analysis of Mind

Time of mental sequence.

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Space

The Analysis of Mind

Logical-construction space.

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Matter

The Analysis of Mind

Neutral particulars organised into matter.

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Observer

The Analysis of Mind

The neutral-monist analyst.

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Energy

The Analysis of Mind

Energies of organisation.

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Information

The Analysis of Mind

Logical-construction patterns.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Analysis of Mind

Russell's Analysis of Mind: central work of neutral monism; foundational for twentieth-century analytic philosophy of mind.