Russell and the linguistic philosophy.- I. The quest for logical form.- Reference and meaning.- Two senses of "logical form".- Logical form, propositional constituents, and reconstructionism.- The "logically perfect" language.- The theory of acquaintance.- Proper names.- The "minimum vocabulary".- Summary and conclusion.- II. The uses of reconstructionism.- The theory of descriptions.- The analysis of class-symbols.- The logical construction of physical objects.- Conclusion.- III. Critique of Russell's philosophy of language.- The theory of acquaintance.- The doctrine of logical form.- Philosophical analysis as elucidation of ontological structure.- Selected Bibliography.
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