Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits

Name: Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

How do we know what we 'know'? How did we - as individuals and as a society - come to accept certain knowledge as fact? This title questions the reliability of our assumptions on knowledge. It investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge. > How do we know what we \""know\""? How did we \uFFFDas individuals and as a society \uFFFD come to accept certain knowledge as fact? In Human Knowledge, Bertrand Russell questions the reliability of our assumptions on knowledge. This brilliant and controversial work investigates the relationship between \uFFFDindividual\uFFFD and \uFFFDscientific\uFFFD knowledge. First published in 1948, this provocative work contributed significantly to an explosive intellectual discourse that continues to this day. > Introduction; Part 1 The World of Science; Chapter I-1 Individual and Social Knowledge; Chapter I-2 The Universe of Astronomy; Chapter I-3 The World of Physics; Chapter I-4 Biological Evolution; Chapter I-5 The Ps