Bertrand Russell's Idealist Heritage

Bertrand Russell's research on logic is believed, alongside Wittgenstein's andMoore's works, to have fuelled the linguistic turn that characterized much of twentieth-century philosophy. This process originated in the refutation of British idealismand monism, providing a new interpretation of empiricism. But while his debtto traditional British empiricism has been the subject of study (including by Russellhimself) and extensively investigated, the assumption that the British neo-idealistlegacy was merely a polemical target of Russell and Moore's realist pluralism hashindered a proper assessment of its influence - which, on the contrary, proves tobe of theoretical significance. This essay attempts a documentary reconstruction- in part relying on the Bertrand Russell Archives - to better understand Russell'srelationship with the thought of F. H. Bradley and, indirectly but consequently, withthe English idealist tradition.