What can we know—and how can we know it?
These age-old questions form the heart of The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell’s classic introduction to epistemology and metaphysics.
Written with rare clarity and intellectual rigor, this short but powerful work explores the nature of knowledge, reality, truth, and belief. With precision and grace, Russell challenges readers to examine the difference between appearance and reality, the reliability of our senses, the structure of truth, and the limits of human understanding.
Russell introduces the sense-data theory as a potential foundation for knowledge, but carefully reveals its insufficiencies—arguing that we must rely on inductive reasoning, general principles, and even memory to bridge the gap between immediate experience and meaningful knowledge.
Far from dry or purely academic, this book is infused with Russell’s belief in the practical and transformative value of philosophy, especially in expanding our understanding of the world and ourselves. His sharp mind and literary grace helped earn him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950, and this book remains one of the most accessible gateways into modern philosophy.
“The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its very uncertainty.”
Whether you're a student encountering philosophy for the first time or a seasoned reader revisiting the fundamentals, The Problems of Philosophy is a must-read from one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970). Philosopher, mathematician, educational and sexual reformer, pacifist, prolific letter writer, author and columnist, Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential and widely known intellectual figures of the twentieth century. In 1950 he was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1950 for his extensive contributions to world literature and for his "rationality and humanity, as a fearless champion of free speech and free thought in the West."
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