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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? This title questions the reliability of our assumptions on knowledge. It investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge.
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In this revolutionary book, never out of print since its first publication in 1928, Russell guides us through the key philosophical issues that affect our daily life
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Originally entitled Why Men Fight, this work is generally seen as the fullest expression of Russell's political philosophy. The ideas laid out here greatly contributed to Russell's fame as a social critic and anti-war activist.
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Considered to be one of his most ambitious works, Russell argues that industrialism is a threat to human freedom, since it is fundamentally linked with nationalism. This is rare glimpse into often-ignored subtleties of Russell’s political thought.
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Ethics are necessary because of the conflict between intelligence and impulse – if one were without the other, there would be no place for ethics. This is Russell’s account of his political position and an absorbing exploration of the ways individuals become socially purposeful.
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Controversial and remarkably forward thinking, this book explores the changing role of marriage and codes of sexual ethics, and daringly sets out a new morality shaped by the dramatic societal changes which took place in the early parts of twentieth century.
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These essays aim to combat, in one way or another, the dogmatism which dominated the first decades of the twentieth century and provide invaluable insight into the political and philosophical milieu in which Russell was writing.
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Written in the approachable style that has made Russell’s works so revered, this is a major work of political history in which significant economic and political forces and events that shaped the nineteenth century are examined.
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The very relevance and legitimacy of philosophy is examined in this explosive and controversial work which investigates the relationship between ?individual? and ?scientific? knowledge, and questions the means by which we come to understand the physical world.