Bertrand Russell: 134 books

Bertrand Russell’s Our Knowledge of the External World investigates the problem of perception from an analytic-philosophical perspective. Here the great British mathematician and philosopher gives a thoughtful exposition of his logically motivated epistemology and argues for a controversial solution...

Bertrand Russell se guió en esta obra por el más ajustado sentido de la unidad histórica y estudió a cada filósofo en relación con el medio en que actuó, teniendo siempre en cuenta las circunstancias sociales y políticas de su época. En este primer volumen se analizan la filosofía...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Bertrand Russell’s Our Knowledge of the External World investigates the problem of perception from an analytic-philosophical perspective. Here the great British mathematician and philosopher gives a thoughtful exposition...

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 «Il cristianesimo pervade la società occidentale da così tanto tempo, e in maniera così invasiva, che le opinioni su di esso e sul suo ruolo ricoprono l’intero spettro delle possibilità: dalla constatazione di Sören Kierkegaard che ’non possiamo essere cristiani’,...

NOBEL LETTERATURA 1950 Pugnace censore di ogni forma di dogmatismo e fanatismo, Bertrand Russell è stato uno dei fondatori della filosofia analitica e ha avuto un ruolo di primo piano, con G. E. Moore, nella «rivoluzione» che ha travolto l’idealismo della filosofia anglosassone

Originariamente scritto in risposta alla devastazione della Prima guerra mondiale, da allora resta uno dei libri più profondi e importanti scritti sulle ragioni della guerra, ancora oggi pregnante e attuale. Fino ad oggi introvabile in libreria, "Perché gli uomini fanno la guerra" raccoglie...

In The Analysis of Mind, influential author Bertrand Russell offers his ideas about the human mind and of what it may be composed. The book consists of a collection of lectures that he gave in London, including “Recent Criticisms of ‘Consciousness,’” “Desire and Feeling,” and “Belief.”

En este segundo tomo, Bertrand Russell completa el análisis de la filosofía medieval con el estudio de los escolásticos y traza una panorámica en profundidad de la filosofía renacentista y la trayectoria de los principales filósofos del mundo moderno desde la Reforma protestante hasta el siglo XX.

Though it was penned nearly a century ago, current-day readers will find that Bertrand Russell's insightful critique of China is still surprisingly accurate. The important British philosopher based his arguments on his own extended stay in China, and the resulting analysis of the conflict between traditional culture and the rise of capitalism in the country is keen and multi-dimensional.

The Prospects of Industrial Civilization provides a rare glimpse into areas of Russell's political thought which are often ignored. Written with Dora Black (who became Russell's second wife) on a trip to China in 1920, it is revealing both as a period piece and as a book for our times. Russell criticises...

This book, originally entitled Why Men Fight, is generally seen as the fullest expression of Russell's political philosophy. Russell argues that after the experience of the Great War the individualistic approach of traditional liberalism has reached its limits. Political theory must be based on the...

"Filosofia per non filosofi" raccoglie dieci saggi inediti che Russell scrisse prima, durante e dopo la Seconda guerra mondiale, con l’intento preciso di affermare l'assoluto «bisogno di filosofia» dell'umanità e di «combattere il riaffermarsi del dogmatismo» dopo gli orrori della...

En este ensayo Sobre educación, Russell parte de la idea de que la educación que deseamos para nuestros hijos depende de nuestros ideales acerca del ser humano. Ataca así el sistema educativo de la época, en manos de la Iglesia o del Estado, a los que acusa de crear rebaños formando en el conformismo,...

Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique...