Russell's atomic facts are neither mental nor material but rather neutral with regard to mind-body distinctions, and Russell is a neutral monist: qualitatively there is only one kind of property, but quantitatively there are many atomic facts, making him a monist about quality and a pluralist about quantity.

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his atomic facts are themselves neither mental or material they are neutral with regards to those distinctions he's what we call a neutral monist

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A History of Philosophy | 74 Bertrand Russell -- Logical Atomismwheatoncollege
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