Bertrand Russell

Our Knowledge of the External World (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning. Ever since Thales said that all is water, philosophers have been ready with glib assertions about the sum-total of things; and equally glib denials have come from other philosophers ever since Thales was contradicted by Anaximander. I believe that the time has now arrived when this unsatisfactory state of things can be brought to an end.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jovian Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781537814094
• Artikelnr.: 50253307

Autorenporträt

Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater

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