Description
| Product ID: | 9780415473774 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | Our Knowledge of the External World |
| Authors: | Author: Bertrand Russell |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy is examined in this explosive and controversial work which investigates the relationship between ‘individual’ and ‘scientific’ knowledge, and questions the means by which we come to understand the physical world. Our Knowledge of the External World is a compilation of lectures Bertrand Russell delivered in the US in which he questions the very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy. In it he investigates the relationship between ‘individual’ and ‘scientific’ knowledge and questions the means in which we have come to understand our physical world. This is an explosive and controversial work that illustrates instances where the claims of philosophers have been excessive, and examines why their achievements have not been greater. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-02-20 |
