The Principles of Mathematics

The Principles of Mathematics

Title page of first edition
Author	Bertrand Russell
Translator	Louis Couturat
Language	English
Series	I. (all published.)
Subjects	Foundations of mathematics, Symbolic logic
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publication date	1903, 1938, 1951, 1996, and 2009
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Pages	534 (first edition)
ISBN	978-1-313-30597-6 Paperback edition
OCLC	1192386
Website	http://fair-use.org/bertrand-russell/the-principles-of-mathematics/

The Principles of Mathematics (PoM) is a 1903 book by Bertrand Russell, in which the author presented his famous paradox and argued his thesis that mathematics and logic are identical.^[1]

The book presents a view of the foundations of mathematics and Meinongianism and has become a classic reference. It reported on developments by Giuseppe Peano, Mario Pieri, Richard Dedekind, Georg Cantor, and others.

In 1905 Louis Couturat published a partial French translation^[2] that expanded the book's readership. In 1937 Russell prepared a new introduction saying, "Such interest as the book now possesses is historical, and consists in the fact that it represents a certain stage in the development of its subject." Further editions were published in 1938, 1951, 1996, and 2009.