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Routledge Classics Ser.: Our Knowledge of the External World by Bertrand Russell (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415473772
ISBN-139780415473774
eBay Product ID (ePID)71134483
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
Publication NameOur Knowledge of the External World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEpistemology, General, Logic
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorBertrand Russell
SeriesRoutledge Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2008-045891
Dewey Edition22
Reviews'It is in every sense an epoch-making book: one that has been needed and expected for years.' - Cambridge Magazine'The author maintains a fresh and brilliant yet easy style which always makes his writings a pleasure to read.' - Nature, It is in every sense an epoch-making book: one that has been needed and expected for years. "-Cambridge Magazine The author maintains a fresh and brilliant yet easy style which always makes his writings a pleasure to read. "-Nature, 'It is in every sense an epoch-making book: one that has been needed and expected for years.' - Cambridge Magazine 'The author maintains a fresh and brilliant yet easy style which always makes his writings a pleasure to read.' - Nature, 'It is in every sense an epoch-making book: one that has been needed and expected for years.'-Cambridge Magazine 'The author maintains a fresh and brilliant yet easy style which always makes his writings a pleasure to read.'-Nature
Dewey Decimal121
Table Of ContentIntroduction Preface 1. Current Tendencies 2. Logic as the Essence of Philosophy 3. On Our Knowledge of the External World 3. The World of Physics and the World of Sense 4. The Theory of Continuity 5. The Problem of Infinity Considered Historically 6. The Positive Theory of Infinity 7. On the Notion of Cause, with Applications to the Free-Will Problem Index
SynopsisOur Knowledge of the External World is a compilation of lectures Bertrand Russell delivered in the US in which he questions the very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy. In it he investigates the relationship between ¿individual¿ and ¿scientific¿ knowledge and questions the means in which we have come to understand our physical world. This is an explosive and controversial work that illustrates instances where the claims of philosophers have been excessive, and examines why their achievements have not been greater., Our Knowledge of the External World is a compilation of lectures Bertrand Russell delivered in the US in which he questions the very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy. In it he investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge and questions the means in which we have come to understand our physical world. This is an explosive and controversial work that illustrates instances where the claims of philosophers have been excessive, and examines why their achievements have not been greater., The very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy is examined in this explosive and controversial work which investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge, and questions the means by which we come to understand the physical world.
LC Classification NumberB1649.R93O8 2009
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