Russell's Theory of Perception
Russell's Theory of Perception

Author: Sajahan Miah

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-05-30

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1847142842

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In Russell's Theory of Perception, Sajahan Miah re-examines and evaluates the development of Russell's concept of perception and the relation of perception to our knowledge of the external world. With the introduction of logical construction (in which physical objects are constructed from actual and possible sense-data) Russell's theory of perception seems to become a causal theory with phenomenalist overtones. The book argues that there is a consistency of purpose and direction which motivated Russell to introduce logical construction. The purpose was to strike a compromise between his empiricism and his realism and to establish a bridge between the objects of perception and the objects of physics and common sense.

Bertrand Russell's Theory of Knowledge
Bertrand Russell's Theory of Knowledge

Author: Elizabeth Ramsden Eames

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-03

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1135100535

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When future generations come to analyze and survey twentieth-century philosophy as a whole, Bertrand Russell’s logic and theory of knowledge is assured a place of prime importance. Yet until this book was first published in 1969 no comprehensive treatment of his epistemology had appeared. Commentators on twentieth-century philosophy at the time assumed that Russell’s important contributions to the theory of knowledge were made before 1921. This book challenges that assumption and draws attention to features of Russell’s later work which were overlooked. The analysis starts with Russell’s earliest views and moves from book to book and article to article through his enormous span of writing on the problems and theory of knowledge. The changes in ideas as he developed the theory are traced, and the study culminates in a statement of his latest views. His work is seen in a continuity in which the changes were part of the development of his mature thought, and the total evaluation and interpretation clarify many of the common misunderstandings of his philosophy. This is naturally of interest to all philosophers, and for students this is the answer to inevitable questions on the nature of Russell’s ideas and their evolution.

The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy
The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy

Author: Ronald Jager

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 1317853318

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This is Volume XI of twenty-two in a collection on 20th Century Philosophy. Originally published in 1994, this volume of the Muirhead library of philosophy in the author’s words attempts not what is difficult but what is impossible. What it attempts is a critical account of Russell's philosophy-just that-without supposing that every reader is himself a philosopher at the beginning, though he may be at the end. It is written for those who know of Russell's philosophy and wish to know about it, for those who know about it, and wish to know it.

Russell's Logical Atomism
Russell's Logical Atomism

Author: David Bostock

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0199651442

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David Bostock presents a detailed account and critical appraisal of the development of Bertrand Russell's philosophy from 1900 to 1924. He explores Russell's logical atomism, which applies logic to problems in the theory of knowledge and metaphysics and was central to Russell's work over this period.

The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell
The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell

Author: Erik C. Banks

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781107423763

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In the early twentieth century, Ernst Mach, William James, and Bertrand Russell founded a philosophical and scientific movement known as 'neutral monism', based on the view that minds and physical objects are constructed out of elements or events which are neither mental nor physical, but neutral between the two. This movement offers a unified scientific outlook which includes sensations in human experience and events in the world of physics under one roof. In this book Erik C. Banks discusses this important movement as a whole for the first time. He explores the ways in which the three philosophers can be connected, and applies their ideas to contemporary problems in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science - in particular the relation of sensations to brain processes, and the problem of constructing extended bodies in space and time from particular events and causal relations.

Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits
Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits

Author: Bertrand Russell

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2009-03-04

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1134026226

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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.

Theory of Knowledge
Theory of Knowledge

Author: Bertrand Russell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 113585839X

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Theory of Knowledge gives us a picture of one of the great minds of the twentieth century at work. It is possible to see the unsolved problems left without disguise or evasion. Historically, it is invaluable to our understanding of both Russell's own thought and his relationship with Wittgenstein.