REVIEWS:

Graham Stevens | Russell: The Journal for Bertrand Russell Studies

"This book is a very original study that genuinely deepens our understanding of Russell by presenting new insight into his motivations and concerns at the time when he was engaged in some of the most important work of his career. What it shows is that contrary to popular myth, Russell’s philosophical development in the first decade of the twentieth century was not purely the product of a single-minded investigation into mathematical logic, conducted independently of the surrounding philosophical context of the period. Rather, Russell’s 'Edwardian' philosophical contemporaries exerted a significant influence on him.This is in itself is good reason for looking again at what they had to say. Nasim’s book is an excellent place to start looking."

Andreas Vrahimis | Mind

"Early twentieth-century British philosophy is often associated with a charge against ‘British Idealism’, led by Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore. However, the ‘British New Realists’, including Russell and Moore, did not all agree on what their ‘Realism’ stands for. Between 1904 and 1916, a number of British philosophers engaged in what, with hindsight, may be seen as a controversy regarding the problem of the external world. Omar W. Nasim’s excellent book revisits this little-known series of exchanges, demonstrating its significant role in shaping the history of analytic philosophy...In addition to making a substantial contribution to Russell scholarship, this book offers much that is of interest in relation to the more general history of early twentieth-century philosophy, as well as its relation to the history of other disciplines such as mathematics and psychology."