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Mysticism and Logic
Bertrand Russell
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Description for Mysticism and Logic
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 217.
The titile essay of this collection suggests that Bertrand Russell's lifelong preoccupation: the disentanglement, with ever-increasing precision, of what is subjective or intellectualy cloudy from what is objective or capable of logical demonstration. The first five essays he calls 'entirely popular': they include two on the revolutionary changes in mathematics in the last hundred years, and one on the value of science in human culture. The last five, 'somewhat more technical', are concerned with particular problems of philosophy: the ultimate nature of matter, the connection between the sense-data and physics, the problem of casuality and different ways of knowing. In ... Read more
The titile essay of this collection suggests that Bertrand Russell's lifelong preoccupation: the disentanglement, with ever-increasing precision, of what is subjective or intellectualy cloudy from what is objective or capable of logical demonstration. The first five essays he calls 'entirely popular': they include two on the revolutionary changes in mathematics in the last hundred years, and one on the value of science in human culture. The last five, 'somewhat more technical', are concerned with particular problems of philosophy: the ultimate nature of matter, the connection between the sense-data and physics, the problem of casuality and different ways of knowing. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Books-Imports, Div of Rowman & Littlefield Pubs., Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Condition
New
Weight
216g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9780389201359
SKU
V9780389201359
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99-15
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