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'Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?' Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we might deal with them in ordinary life, but critically, after analysing how and why the questions arise and clarifying the assumptions and concepts on which they are based. This classic work, first published in 1912, has never been supplanted as an approachable introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry. It gives Russell's views on such subjects as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, knowledge by acquaintance and by description, induction, and the limits and value of philosophical knowledge. This edition includes an introduction by John Skorupski contextualizing Russell's work, and a guide to further reading. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Bertrand Russell was one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth century. His primary interest was in the foundations of mathematics, and the three-volume Principia Mathematica (written with Alfred North Whitehead) is the classic attempt to carry out the programme of deriving the whole of mathematics from a set of simple, self-evident truths. He also wrote widely on other areas of philosophy, and published a large number of writings on social and moral issues. He vigorously opposed, among other things, British involvement in World War I, the Soviet Union under Stalin, nuclear arms, and the Vietnam War, and was imprisoned twice for his involvement in these causes. John Skorupski is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, General Editor of the OPUS series, and author of English-Language Philosophy 17501945 (OUP, 1993) and John Stuart Mill (Routledge, 1989). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?' Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we might deal with them in ordinary life, but critically, after analysing how and why the questions arise and clarifying the assumptions and concepts on which they are based. This classic work, first published in 1912, has never been supplanted as an approachable introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry. It gives Russell's views on such subjects as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, knowledge by acquaintance and by description, induction, and the limits and value of philosophical knowledge. This edition includes an introduction by John Skorupski contextualizing Russell's work, and a guide to further reading. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Bertrand Russell was one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth century. His primary interest was in the foundations of mathematics, and the three-volume Principia Mathematica (written with Alfred North Whitehead) is the classic attempt to carry out the programme of deriving the whole of mathematics from a set of simple, self-evident truths. He also wrote widely on other areas of philosophy, and published a large number of writings on social and moral issues. He vigorously opposed, among other things, British involvement in World War I, the Soviet Union under Stalin, nuclear arms, and the Vietnam War, and was imprisoned twice for his involvement in these causes. John Skorupski is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, General Editor of the OPUS series, and author of English-Language Philosophy 17501945 (OUP, 1993) and John Stuart Mill (Routledge, 1989). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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