Our Knowledge of the External World

'Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and acheived fewer results than any other branch of learning ... I believe that the time has now arrived when this unsatisfactory state of affairs can be brought to an end' - Bertrand Russell
So begins Our Knowledge of the Eternal World, Bertrand Russell's classic attempt to show by means of examples, the nature, capacity and limitations of the logico-analytical method in philosophy.

Sommario

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;

Info autore

Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater

Riassunto

This is Bertrand Russell's classic attempt to show by means of examples, the nature, capacity and limitations of the logico-analytical method in philosophy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: B. Russell, Bertrand Russell, RUSSELL BERTRAND
• Con la collaborazione di: John Slater (Editore)
• Editore: Routledge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.06.1993
• EAN: 9780415096058
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09605-8
• Dimensioni: 138 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Philosophy: logic