Reading plan in order to read:
I hope to get through 10 pages/day average.
The 1st seven books are 1849 pages. They may take 185 days, or about 6 months and 5 days.
Of course, some pages will be blank, etc. But I think 10 pages/day is still a good goal, considering I also have other reading to do.
(3/13/2016 – revised order)
- The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic, edited by Lou Goble — Chapters 1-6 (135 pages) – this is a re-read – I’ve read the complete book before.
- Methods of Logic: Fourth Edition, by W. V. Quine (303 pages) I saw him speak at the University of Iowa (probably 1975-1976) and also in Toronto in 1984. I nominated him for Honorary Membership in the BRS which was approved. I have studied several of his other books.
- Set Theory and its Logic by W. V Quine (329 pages)
- Computability and Logic: Third Edition by George S. Boolos and Richard C. Jeffrey. (300 pages) I’ve studied this book before, however my understanding diminished as I got further into it. However I think it a good choice, because it relates to Computer Science, and thus I have a background, and also because I have studied it before.
- The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor’s Paradise by Mary Tiles. (223 pages) I’ve read this before & found it not difficult, but it would be good to review it.
- The Infinite by A. W. Moore. (233 pages) I’ve also read this before, but could profit by reviewing it.
- Mathematical Logic by Joseph R. Shoenfield (336 pages) I’ve started this book before, but had difficulty.
Other books to possibly study – Alphabetic Order by Author – Will plan reading order later. I do not see how I can get through it all, but this inventory will help selecting. Also I may choose to read only some articles in books that are collections. Most of these books I have only acquired recently. I also have all the volumes of the collected papers of Bertrand Russell published so far. Also a Paperback reprint of all the volumes of the 1st edition of Principia Mathamatica and hardback copies of all the volumes of the 2nd edition and the abridged to *56 edition.
The items below comprise 12991 pages excluding PM. About 1299 days or 3 years, 7 months and 9 days. (At 10 pages/day)
- Modal Logic by Patrick Blackburn, Maarten de Rijke and Yde Venema (523 pages)
- Model Theory by C. C. Chang and H. Jerome Keisler (622 pages)
- Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson and Ronald L. Rivest (985 pages) I had this book in a class in graduate school.
- Introduction to Mathematical Logic by Alonzo Church. (356 pages)
- Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis by Paul J. Cohen (151 pages)
- The Search for Mathematical Roots 1870-1940: Logics, Set Theories and the Foundations of Mathematics from Cantor through Russell to Goedel by I. Grattan Guinnessn (593 pages)
- The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic, edited by Lou Goble — Chapters 7-20 (348 pages) – this is a re-read – I’ve read the complete book before.
- Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of “On Denoting” edited by Nicholas Griffin and Dale Jacquette (363 pages)
- After “On Denoting”: Themes from Russell and Meinong (Russell: the Journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives Vol 27 no. 1) edited by Nicholas Griffin, Dale Jacquette and Kenneth Blackwell (183 pages)
- Principia Mathematica at 100 (Russell: the Journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives Vol 31 no. 1) edited by Nicholas Griffin, Bernard Linsky and Kenneth Blackwell (160 pages)
- The Palgrave Centenary Companion to Principia Mathematica edited by Nicholas Griffin and Bernard Linsky (434 pages)
- The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell edited by Nicholas Griffin (506 pages)
- Introduction to Automa Theory, Languages and Computation (395 pages) by John E. Hopcroft and Jeffrey D. Ullman. (395 pages) I had this book in a class in graduate school.
- Propositions, Functions and Analysis: Selected Essays on Russell’s Philosophy by Peter Hylton (215 pages)
- A Companion to Philosophical Logic edited by Dale Jacquette (775 pages)
- Mathematical Logic by Stephen Cole Kleene (369 pages)
- Introduction to Meta-Mathematics by Stephen Cole Kleene (515 pages)
- Set Theory by Kenneth Kunen (388 pages)
- Wittgenstein’s Apprenticeship with Russell by Gregory Landini (284 pages) I’ve read it before.
- Russell by Gregory Landini (416 pages) I’ve read it before.
- Russell’s Hidden Substitutional Theory by Gregory Landini 323 pages) I’ve read it before.
- One Hundred Years of Russell’s Paradox edited by Godehard Link (644 pages)
- The Evolution of Principia Mathematica: Bertrand Russell’s Manuscripts and Notes for the Second Edition by Bernard Linsky (395 pages)
- Zermelo’s Axiom of Choice: Its Origins, Development & Influence by Gregory H. Moore (334 pages)
- Set Theory and its Philosophy by Michael Potter (316 pages)
- Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability by Hartley Rogers, Jr. (457 pages)
- Goedel’s Theorem in Focus edited by S. G. Shanker (256 pages)
- Set Theory and the Continuum Problem by Raymond M. Smullyan and Melvin Fitting (303 pages)
- Proof Theory: Second Edition by Gaisi Takeuti (481 pages)
- From Frege to Goedel edited by Jean van Heijenoort (655 pages) I’ve spent a lot of time on Goedel in this book but never got all the way through all his proofs though I have some understanding.
- Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell – Will focus on introductory material. I’ve spent a lot of time on this through the years.
- Antinomies & Paradoxes: Studies in Russell’s Early Philosophy (Russell: the Journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives Vol 8 nos. 1-2) edited by Ian Winchester and Kenneth Blackwell (246 pages)