Our knowledge of the external world: A field of application of the scientific method in philosophy -- A Series of Translations of Twentieth-Century Western Philosophy

Author: (English) Bertrand Russell (Russell, B.) Author, translated by Chen Qiwei
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Bertrand Russell was a renowned and influential great thinker of the 20th century. This book is one of his masterpieces and a classic work of early analytic philosophy. It was originally a lecture series written by Russell for the Lowell Lectures at Harvard University, consisting of 8 lectures. In these lectures, he attempts to illustrate the nature, capabilities, and limitations of the "logical analytical method in philosophy" through examples, as logical analysis is the only scientific method in philosophy, embodying the essential characteristics of a new philosophy. From this concise work, we can trace back the early ideas of analytic philosophy that emerged at its inception.