Bertrand Russell

Our Knowledge of the External World (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134026920
• Artikelnr.: 43070048

Autorenporträt

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). The leading British Philosopher of the twentieth century, who made major contributions to the area of logic and epistemology. Politically active and habitually outspoken, his ethical principles twice lead to imprisonment

Inhaltsangabe

lecture1 Current Tendencies; lecture2 Logic as the Essence of Philosophy; lecture3 On our Knowledge of the External World; lecture4 The World of Physics and the World of Sense; lecture5 The Theory of Continuity; lecture6 The Problem of Infinity Considered Historically; lecture7 The Positive Theory of Infinity; lecture8 On the Notion of Cause, With Applications to the Free-Will Problem;

Rezensionen

'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