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The art of philosophizing : and other essays

✍ Scribed by Russell, Bertrand

Publisher
Philosophical Library/Open Road
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Leaves
100
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

The essays in this little volume, published here for the first time in book form, were written by Bertrand Russell during the Second World War when he was less concerned with the stormy issues of nuclear warfare and the containment of Communist aggression and more with "the art of reckoning" in the fields of mathematics, logic and philosophy. The simplicity of Russell's exposition is astonishing, as is his ability Read more...


Abstract: The essays in this little volume, published here for the first time in book form, were written by Bertrand Russell during the Second World War when he was less concerned with the stormy issues of nuclear warfare and the containment of Communist aggression and more with "the art of reckoning" in the fields of mathematics, logic and philosophy. The simplicity of Russell's exposition is astonishing, as is his ability to get to the core of the great philosophical issues and to skillfully probe the depth of philosophical analysis

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Title Page
Contents
Publisher's Preface
The Art of Rational Conjecture
The Art of Drawing Inferences
The Art of Reckoning
Copyright

✦ Subjects

Philosophy. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern

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