Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays


Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind

(4.7 stars; 11 reviews)

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) (8 hr 21 min)

Chapitres

Preface 3:53 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
Mysticism and Logic 1:05:52 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
The Place of Science in a Liberal Education 27:10 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
A Free Man's Worship 25:49 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
The Study of Mathematics 34:30 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
Mathematics and the Metaphysicians 49:42 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
On Scientific Method in Philosophy 59:01 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
The Ultimate Constituents of Matter 44:12 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
The Relation of Sense-Data to Physics (Part 1) 36:36 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
The Relation of Sense-Data to Physics (Part 2) 38:41 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
On the Notion of Cause 1:02:45 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind
Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description 53:48 Lu par Landon D. C. Elkind

Critiques


(2 stars)

sounds like reader is holding his nose while sitting in a tin can.