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050 4 _aB
100 1 _aRussell, Bertrand,
_d1872-1970
245 1 4 _aThe Problems of Philosophy
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problems_of_Philosophy
500 _aRelease date is 2004-06-01
505 0 _aAppearance and reality -- The existence of matter -- The nature of matter -- Idealism -- Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description -- On induction -- On our knowledge of general principles -- How a priori knowledge is possible -- The world of universals -- On our knowledge of universals -- On intuitive knowledge -- Truth and falsehood -- Knowledge, error, and probable opinion -- The limits of philosophical knowledge -- The value of philosophy -- Bibliographical note.
508 _aProduced by Gordon Keener, and David Widger
520 _a"The Problems of Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell is a book published in 1912 that attempts to create a brief, accessible guide to philosophy's fundamental questions. Can we prove an external world exists? Can we validate cause and effect or justify morality? Russell argues philosophy cannot definitively answer these questions, focusing instead on theories of knowledge and exploring how we know anything at all. He introduces his famous distinction between knowledge by acquaintance and description, drawing on insights from Plato, Descartes, Hume, and Kant to guide both general readers and scholars through philosophical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aKnowledge, Theory of
653 _aMetaphysics
653 _aPhilosophy -- Introductions
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5827
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