A Free Man's Worship, and Other EssaysThis collection of essays is concerned with different ways of knowing; the particular problems of philosophy; and the ultimate nature of matter. They reveal Russell's lifelong preoccupation: the disentanglement with ever-increasing precision of what is subjective from what is objective. |
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A Free Mans Worship | 9 |
Mysticism and Logic | 20 |
The Place of Science in a Liberal Education | 49 |
Copyright | |
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1817 LIBRARIES acquainted actual appearances argument Aristotle author of Waverley axioms belief belong Bertrand Russell called cause CHIGAN concerned constituents correlation datum defined definition denotation descriptive knowledge desire determined difficulty effect empirical entities ethical event evil evolutionism example exist fact finite future geometry given Hegel Heraclitus hitherto human inferred infinite number infinitesimal instinct intellect intuition Joseph Larmor judgement Julius Caesar kind knowledge knowledge by description law of causality Leibniz logical mathe mathematicians matics matter means mental merely metaphysical method MICHIGAN mind mysticism namely nature notion objects observed Parmenides particular past perceived perspective philosophy physical world Plato possible present principle problem propositional function question realise reality reason regard relation round square scientific scientific method Scott seems sense sense-data sensibile sensibilia so-and-so space supposed theory thing thought tion true truth UNIVERS universe volitions whole wish word