Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Value (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Let me just list the main headings:- The World of Science; Language; Science and Perception; Scientific Concepts; Probability; Postulates of Scientific Inference. It is impossible in a brief report to analyze the main ideas in a book as comprehensive as this purports to be- even if those ideas were, as the author indicates, intended for that larger public (which we doubt. The book demands a background in calculus and logic for any measure of digesting). Perhaps professional philosophers and scientists- some of them- will find the material absorbing. The name of the author and the publishers' well known ability to put over these encyclopedic tabloids of knowledge may push the sales figure beyond the probability of the reading capacity of the public which read Science for the Citizen and Mathematics for the Million. This is infinitely more difficult- and duller. (Kirkus Reviews)

`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

`His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself sees them, sharply defined and readily crystallised in the best English philosophical style.' - TLS

`Of peculiar importance in that it is an exemplar, for the general reader, of Russell's special contribution to human knowledge. In it he applies with his usual lucidity and wit, the methods of inquiry, which he has done so much to develop, to the question of how we come to know whatever we do know about the universe.' - The Observer

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1992
First published:	1992
Authors:	Bertrand Russell
Introduction by:	John Slater
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	548
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-08302-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Promotions
LSN:	0-415-08302-8
Barcode:	9780415083027

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