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"His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself sees them, sharply defined and readily crystallized..." -- Times Literary Supplement
"It is the nearest thing to a systematic philosophy written by one who does not believe in systems of philosophy." -- Sidney Hook, The New York Times
"Of peculiar importance is that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russell's special contribution to human knowledge." -- The Observer
His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself sees them, sharply defined and readily crystallized in the best English philosophical style.
–Times Literary Supplement
It is the nearest thing to a systematic philosophy written by one who does not believe in systems of philosophy. Its scope is encyclopedic . . . a joy to read.
–Sidney Hook, The New York Times
Of peculiar importance is that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russell's special contribution to human knowledge. In it he applies with his usual lucidity and wit, the methods of inquiry, which he has done so much to develop, to the question of how we come to know whatever we do know about the universe.
–The Observer
Of peculiar importance is that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russells special contribution to human knowledge. In it he applies with his usual lucidity and wit, the methods of inquiry, which he has done so much to develop, to the question of how we come to know whatever we do know about the universe.
–The Observer
"It is the nearest thing to a systematic philosophy written by one who does not believe in systems of philosophy." -- Sidney Hook, The New York Times
"Of peculiar importance is that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russell's special contribution to human knowledge." -- The Observer
His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself sees them, sharply defined and readily crystallized in the best English philosophical style.
–Times Literary Supplement
It is the nearest thing to a systematic philosophy written by one who does not believe in systems of philosophy. Its scope is encyclopedic . . . a joy to read.
–Sidney Hook, The New York Times
Of peculiar importance is that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russell's special contribution to human knowledge. In it he applies with his usual lucidity and wit, the methods of inquiry, which he has done so much to develop, to the question of how we come to know whatever we do know about the universe.
–The Observer
Of peculiar importance is that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russells special contribution to human knowledge. In it he applies with his usual lucidity and wit, the methods of inquiry, which he has done so much to develop, to the question of how we come to know whatever we do know about the universe.
–The Observer
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Human Knowledge is Bertrand Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It presents a rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology. This paperback edition includes a new introduction by John G. Slater.
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IN his private correspondence Russell was fond of referring to some of his philosophical projects as aiming at the writing of a "big" book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Bishop Butler, North Pole, Prime Minister, Principia Mathematica, William the Conqueror, New Pathways, Primum Mobile, Professor Milne, William James New!
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IN his private correspondence Russell was fond of referring to some of his philosophical projects as aiming at the writing of a "big" book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Bishop Butler, North Pole, Prime Minister, Principia Mathematica, William the Conqueror, New Pathways, Primum Mobile, Professor Milne, William James New!
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