Bertrand Russell's Theory of Knowledge - 9780415662116

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Bertrand Russell's Theory of KnowledgeAuthor(s): Elizabeth Ramsden Eames\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415662116, 978-0415662116\nSynopsis\nWhen future generations come to analyze and survey twentieth-century philosophy as a whole, Bertrand Russells logic and theory of knowledge is assured a place of prime importance. Yet until this book was first published in 1969 no comprehensive treatment of his epistemology had appeared. Commentators on twentieth-century philosophy at the time assumed that Russells important contributions to the theory of knowledge were made before 1921. This book challenges that assumption and draws attention to features of Russells later work which were overlooked.\n\nThe analysis starts with Russells earliest views and moves from book to book and article to article through his enormous span of writing on the problems and theory of knowledge. The changes in ideas as he developed the theo.