Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" details the impact of the 1900 World Congress of Philosophers on Russell's development and the hope that new methods in mathematics could be applied to the solution of ancient philosophical problems. Many of the subsequent essays show the evolution of this hope as Russell worked on the foundations of mathematics and applied the new methods to the reconstruction of physical objects on the basis of sense-data, and the redefinition of matter and cause. (Landon D. C. Elkind)
Genre(s): Philosophy, Modern
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Preface | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:03:53 |
| Play 01 | Mysticism and Logic | Landon D. C. Elkind |
01:05:52 |
| Play 02 | The Place of Science in a Liberal Education | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:27:10 |
| Play 03 | A Free Man's Worship | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:25:49 |
| Play 04 | The Study of Mathematics | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:34:30 |
| Play 05 | Mathematics and the Metaphysicians | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:49:42 |
| Play 06 | On Scientific Method in Philosophy | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:59:01 |
| Play 07 | The Ultimate Constituents of Matter | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:44:12 |
| Play 08 | The Relation of Sense-Data to Physics (Part 1) | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:36:36 |
| Play 09 | The Relation of Sense-Data to Physics (Part 2) | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:38:41 |
| Play 10 | On the Notion of Cause | Landon D. C. Elkind |
01:02:45 |
| Play 11 | Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description | Landon D. C. Elkind |
00:53:48 |