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Mysticism and logic : and other essays / Bertrand Russell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Melbourne ; London : Penguin, 1953.Description: 220 p. ; 20 cmSubject(s): Other classification:
  • B 1649.R93.P5 1953
Contents:
Mysticism and logic -- The place of science in a liberal education -- A free man's worship -- The study of mathematics -- Mathematics and the metaphysicians -- On scientific method in philosophy -- The ultimate constituents of matter -- The relation of sense-data to physics -- On the notion of cause -- Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description.

"Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1917".

"First edition published in 1910 under title: Philosophical essays".

Mysticism and logic -- The place of science in a liberal education -- A free man's worship -- The study of mathematics -- Mathematics and the metaphysicians -- On scientific method in philosophy -- The ultimate constituents of matter -- The relation of sense-data to physics -- On the notion of cause -- Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description.