Problem of Philosophy

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Bertrand Russell, Earl

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The Problems of Philosophy (1912) is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics. If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can we then have knowledge of them but by probability. There is no reason to doubt the existence of external objects simply because of sense data. Russell guides the reader through his famous 1910 distinction between "knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description" and introduces important theories of Plato, Aristotle, Ren Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, G. W. F. Hegel and others to lay the foundation for philosophical inquiry by general readers and scholars alike. "In the following pages I have confined myself in the main to those problems of philosophy in regard to which I thought it possible to say something positive and constructive, since merely negative criticism seemed out of place. For this reason, theory of knowledge occupies a larger space than metaphysics in the present volume, and some topics much discussed by philosophers are treated very briefly, if at all." Bertrand Russell, Preface of The Problems of Philosophy

Release date Australia

July 1st, 2011

Author

Bertrand Russell, Earl

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Literary Licensing, LLC

Pages

170

Publisher

Literary Licensing, LLC

Dimensions

152x229x14

ISBN-13

9781258055400

Product ID

18282157

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