The Problems of Philosophy

The Problems of Philosophy (1912) is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics.

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Bertrand Russell - Philosophy - Knowledge - Metaphysics

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Russell guides the reader through his famous 1910 distinction between "knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description" and introduces important theories of

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• Plato
• Aristotle
• Rene Descartes
• David Hume
• John Locke
• Immanuel Kant
• Georg Hegel

and others to lay the foundation for philosophical inquiry by general readers and scholars alike.

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