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    Supports→Bradley's argument for idealism is fallacious

    Russell's theory of external relations, developed in 'The Principles of Mathematics' (1903), provides a coherent alternative to Bradley's internalism that Bradley never successfully refuted.

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    Bradley, F.H.(the philosopher whose opposing view Russell was responding to)
    A British philosopher (1846-1924) who argued the opposite view: that all relationships between things are internal, meaning they're so deeply connected that separating them would change what those things are.
    Internalism(Moral psychology; used to characterize the relationship between moral judgment and motivation)
    The view that it is a logical or conceptual truth that some degree of motivation is internal to a moral judgment itself — that making a genuine moral claim entails being motivated to some degree.
    Russell, Bertrand(mentioned by name as originator of the theory being discussed)
    A British philosopher (1872-1970) who developed new ways of analyzing language and logic, particularly famous for showing how the grammar of sentences can be misleading about what they're actually saying.
    The Principles of Mathematics(the specific work where Russell's critique appears)

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    A famous book Russell wrote in 1903 that tried to show how all of mathematics could be built from basic logical rules.
    external relations(Bradley's regress argument against relations)
    Relations treated as independent of their relata; Bradley characterizes them as mere abstractions from relational facts that lack relating power

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