Reading Principa

For logic dorks like myself, I don't have to remind you that the first volume of Russell and Whitehead's masterwork Principia Mathematica is having its centennial anniversary this year. I thought I'd commemorate the occasion by trying to read through the first volume of PM.

I'm going it alone on this. But I hope there would be people interested in reading along. Several months ago, when I started considering reading PM this year, I began by emailing my colleagues at the regional state institution which I teach. None were interested--not that I can wholly blame them. I thought about possibly emailing faculty at other institutions in the region, but after perusing the websites and finding nobody really interested in early analytic philosophy or the history/philosophy of logic, I thought that the reception to such an idea would be just as tepid. And besides, they have their own projects going on, and I'm not sure if they'd be bothered by my pet project. But I was sure whether there'd be be interest in such an endeavor else--nationally or even internationally. So I began this blog.

This will be (I hope) a periodic update of my progress, and my difficulties, reading the first volume of Principia Mathematica. And I hope others might be interested in picking up and reading along with me.

Enjoy!