Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits by Bertrand Russell

Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits by Bertrand Russell

In this brilliant, provocative and controversial work, Russell questions the reliability of our assumptions about knowledge how it is we come to know what we know and investigates the relationship between individual and scientific knowledge.

‘The nearest thing to a systematic philosophy written by one who does not believe in systems of philosophyIts scope is encyclopedic…a joy to read.’ – New York Times

‘His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself seems them, sharply defined and readily crystallized in the best English philosophical style.’ - The Times Literary Supplement

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). The leading British Philosopher of the twentieth century, who made major contributions to the area of logic and epistemology. Politically active and habitually outspoken, his ethical principles twice lead to imprisonment

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ISBN 13	9780415474443
ISBN 10	0415474442
Title	Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits
Author	Bertrand Russell
Series	Routledge Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2009-02-17
Number of pages	480
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