Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits [Paperback]

Bertrand Russell (Author)

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Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (April 6 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415474442
ISBN-13: 978-0415474443
Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 612 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #247,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘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.’ – New York Times

‘His intelligibility comes of stating things directly as he himself seems them, sharply defined and readily crystallized in the best English philosophical style.’ - The Times Literary Supplement

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How do we know what we "know"? How did we –as individuals and as a society – 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 ‘individual’ and ‘scientific’ knowledge. First published in 1948, this provocative work contributed significantly to an explosive intellectual discourse that continues to this day.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Strictly reserved for the serious, Aug 10 2007

By D. Coyle - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Human Knowledge (Paperback)

To my knowledge, one of the best books ever written.

Russell's English has a wonderful, graceful clarity. But this is not an easy book to read. What does it mean to "know"? what do we know? how far can we be sure that we do in fact know? These are fundamental questions about human thought, and this book is an essential item in the library of anyone who is concerned with such questions.

5.0 out of 5 stars A profound study of knowledge, Jan 7 2012

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Russell's "Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits" has had more influence on my own thinking than any other work of technical philosophy I have read. Russell is always a spectacularly readable and clear writer, full of vivid, well chosen examples, and with very little abstract argument or technical jargon. He is also, at least in this work, particularly sensible, realistic, and grounded in reality. I don't always find the answers he proposes adequate; but I do always feel that his questions and concerns are the right ones.

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