Ludwig Wittgenstein

Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, Second Series

Edited by David Kilfoyle, Stuart Shanker

Wittgenstein scholarship has continued to grow at a pace few could have anticipated - a testament both to the fertility of his thought and to...

Published November 15th 2001 by Routledge.

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Rules, Magic and Instrumental Reason

Peter Winch's Philosophy of the Social Sciences

By Berel Dov Lerner

This book offers a systematic and critical discussion of Peter Winch's writings on the philosophy of the social sciences. The author points to Winch's tendency...

Published August 30th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Scientific Outlook

By Bertrand Russell

'A scientific opinion is one which there is some reason to believe is true; an unscientific opinion is one which is held for some reason...

Published June 21st 2001 by Routledge.

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Freedom and Organisation, 1814-1914

By Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell

'The purpose of this book is to trace the opposition and interaction of two main causes of change in the Nineteenth century: the belief in...

Published April 12th 2001 by Routledge.

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Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare

By Bertrand Russell

Available for the first time in many years, Commonsense and Nuclear Warfare presents Russell's keen insights into the threat of nuclear conflict, and his argument...

Published April 5th 2001 by Routledge.

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Metaphysicians of Meaning

Frege and Russell on Sense and Denotation

By Gideon Makin

Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and...

Published December 14th 2000 by Routledge.

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The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 15

Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China 1919-1922

Edited by Beryl Haslam, Richard A. Rempel

The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 15 assembles Russell's writings on his experiences of visiting and reflecting on Russia and China.
Having emerged from the...

Published May 18th 2000 by Routledge.

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The New Wittgenstein

Edited by Alice Crary, Rupert Read

The New Wittgenstein offers a major re-evaluation of Wittgenstein's thinking. This book is a stellar collection of essays that presents a significantly different portrait of...

Published March 30th 2000 by Routledge.

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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

By Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970. One of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, he transformed philosophy and can...

Published March 10th 2000 by Routledge.

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The Lesson of this Century

With Two Talks on Freedom and the Democratic State

By Karl Popper

One of the century's greatest and most influential thinkers, Karl Popper reminds us that we must recognize our responsibilities in preserving the democratic system we...

Published February 17th 2000 by Routledge.

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