Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value - 2nd Edition

Name: Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It is a rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology. > Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It is a rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology. > INTRODUCTION PART I. THE WORLD OF SCIENCE PART II. LANGUAGE PART III. SCIENCE AND PERCEPTION HUMAN KNOWLEDGE: ITS SCOPE AND LIMITS PART IV. SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS PART V. PROBABILITY PART VI. POSTULATES OF SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE > \n`It is the nearest thing to a systematic philosophy written by one who does not believe in systems of philosophy. Its scope is encyclopedic ... a joy to read.' - Sydney Hook, New York Times\n\n`His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself sees them, sharply defined and readily crystallised in the best English philosophical style.' - TLS\o