ABSTRACT

Russell’s multiple relation theory of judgement (MRTJ) brings to the fore two related matters, more general than judgement itself, which Russell found perplexing in the first decade of the century and beyond: the nature of complexes and the twofold nature of verbs.1 The problem of the unity of the proposition, which in turn lies at the heart of the difficulties Russell encountered with MRTJ, are special cases of these more general ones. The general ones arise whether or not we are concerned to find an account of judgement.