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100 1 _aRussell, Bertrand,
_d1872-1970
245 1 0 _aOur Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2011-08-15
505 0 _aPreface -- Current tendencies -- Logic as the essence of philosophy -- On our knowledge of the external world -- The world of physics and the world of sense -- The theory of continuity -- The problem of infinity considered historically -- The positive theory of infinity -- On the notion of cause, with applications to the free-will problem.
508 _aProduced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The work explores the limitations and potentials of the logical-analytic method in philosophy, aiming to ground philosophical inquiry in scientific principles and objective knowledge. Russell's central focus is on the relation between sensory data and the concepts in mathematical physics. The opening of the text introduces the context for Russell's lectures, where he seeks to establish the importance of a rigorous scientific method in philosophical practice. He evaluates the historical claims made by philosophers about the nature of reality and knowledge, critiquing them for their often excessive ambitions and inadequate results. By doing so, he highlights the need for philosophy to evolve alongside the advances in scientific understanding, employing logic and analysis to tackle complex problems that were previously considered unsolvable. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aKnowledge, Theory of
653 _aLogical atomism
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37090
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