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There must be in the world many parents who, like the present author, have young children whom they are anxious to educate as well as possible, but reluctant to expose to the evils of most existing educational institutions. Thus from love for our own children we are driven, step by step, into the wider sphere of politics and philosophy. Contents: Postulates of Modern Educational Theory, Aims of Education, Education of Character, Fear, Play and...

Encuadernación: Rústica Colección: DivulgaciónQuisiera proponer a la amable consideración del lector una doctrina que podría parecer moderada, pero, de aceptarse, acabaría revolucionando por completo la vida humana». Con estas palabras iniciales Russell nos anticipa unas ideas que siguen siendo revolucionarias. En una época como la nuestra, cuando el omnipresente capitalismo del siglo XIX es ya una tiranía, la defensa del escepticismo como una...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

A guide by a Nobel prize-winner that considers such topics as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, inductive logic, intuitive knowledge, many other subjects. Suitable for students and general readers, it gives an introduction to philosophy.

In this brief and accessible introduction, Russell guides the reader through his famous 1910 distinction between "knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description" and introduces important theories of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Locke, Kant, Hegel and others. He lays the foundation for philosophical inquiry for general readers and scholars.There are sixteen chapters: Appearance and Reality, The Existence of Matter, The Nature of M...

Empiricists believe that all knowledge comes from our perceptions of the world around us. But in rhe Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell asks a fundamental question: "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?" His answer sketches out the metaphysical and epistemological views that he continued to develop for the rest of life--views with which anyone interested in philosophy should be fa...

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This book presents the 1946 National Book League lecture, delivered by Bertrand Russell on the relationship between philosophies and the development of political systems.

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Not to be confused with the philosophy of mathematics, mathematical philosophy is the structured set of rules that govern all existence. Or, in a word: logic. While this branch of philosophy threatens to be an intimidating and abstract subject, it is one that is surprisingly simple and necessarily sensible, particularly at the pen of writer Bertrand Russell, who infuses this work, first published in 1919, with a palpable and genuine desire to ...

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Bertrand Russell was a prolific writer, revolutionizing philosophy and doing extensive work in the study of logic. This, his first book on mathematics, was originally published in 1897 and later rejected by the author himself because it was unable to support Einstein's work in physics. This evolution makes An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry invaluable in understanding the progression of Russell's philosophical thinking. Despite his reject...

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La scienza ha cambiato il mondo. Sotto la sua spinta, tutto si è trasformato: la vita biologica dell'individuo, le forme familiari, le istituzioni politiche, gli assetti sociali, gli ordinamenti economici e lo stesso ambiente naturale. Come è accaduto? Che cosa ancora accadrà? Che cosa sarebbe opportuno accadesse? Si tratta di interrogativi sui fondamenti metodologici della ricerca scientifica, sulle conseguenze della tecnica, sulla scelta di ...

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