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Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

by Bertrand Russell

The aspects of Bertrand Russell views on philosophy cover the changing viewpoints of philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), from his early writings in 1896 until his death in February 1970. Bertrand Arthur William Russell was a British nobleman, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various p..

The Problems of Philosophy

The Problems of Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell

The Problems of Philosophy, written for the novice readers in mind, the author introduces to the reader many aspects of Philosophy. Most important theories of world famous philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, René Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, G. W. F. Hegel and others are introduced by Bertrand Russell in an easy understand g..

The Analysis of Mind

The Analysis of Mind

by Bertrand Russell

Written by the English Philosopher & Nobel Prize winner Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind is one of most influential writings on materialism of psychology which provided externalist account of knowledge.  This book has influenced the author himself, which is reflected in his later works on the philosophy of mind.  Referring works..

Free Thought and Official Propaganda

Free Thought and Official Propaganda

by Bertrand Russell

Free Thought and Official Propaganda is a speech delivered in 1922 by Bertrand Russell on the importance of unrestricted freedom of expression in society, and the problem of the state and political class interfering in this through control of education, fines, economic leverage, and distortion of evidence...

Political Ideals

Political Ideals

by Bertrand Russell

Political ideals must be based upon ideals for the individual life. The aim of politics should be to make the lives of individuals as good as possible. There is nothing for the politician to consider outside or above the various men, women, and children who compose the world. The problem of politics is to adjust the relations of human beings in suc..

Proposed Roads to Freedom

Proposed Roads to Freedom

by Bertrand Russell

Introduction from the book:THE attempt to conceive imaginatively a better ordering of human society than the destructive and cruel chaos in which mankind has hitherto existed is by no means modern: it is at least as old as Plato, whose "Republic" set the model for the Utopias of subsequent philosophers. Whoever contemplates the world in the light o..

The Problem of China

The Problem of China

by Bertrand Russell

The Problem of China is a political analysis written by Bertrand Russell. Ecerpts from the book:China has an ancient civilization which is now undergoing a very rapid process of change. The traditional civilization of China had developed in almost complete independence of Europe, and had merits and demerits quite different from those of the West. I..

Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy

Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell gave the Lowell Lectures in March and April of 1914; these lectures produced 'Our Knowledge of the External World'. Russell attempts to analyze the relationship of the crude data of our senses to the notions of physics such as space, time, and matter. Russell takes his analysis to illustrate the method of logical analysis used to s..