The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell by Russell, Bertrand -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BY JOHN G. SLATER PREFACE BY BERTRAND RUSSELL INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS EPIGRAMMATIC INSIGHTS FROM THE PEN OF RUSSELL CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF RUSSELL’S PRINCIPAL WORKS CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF BERTRAND RUSSELL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT BERTRAND RUSSELL Part I Autobiographical Asides

1 MY RELIGIOUS REMINISCENCES 2 MY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

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3 ADAPTATION: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL EPITOME 4 WHY I TOOK TO PHILOSOPHY

Part II The Nobel Prize Winning Man of Letters

5 HOW I WRITE 6 A FREE MAN’S WORSHIP 7 AN OUTLINE OF INTELLECTUAL RUBBISH 8 THE METAPHYSICIAN’S NIGHTMARE: RETRO ME SATANAS

Part III The Philosopher of Language

9 LANGUAGE

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10 SENTENCES, SYNTAX, AND PARTS OF SPEECH

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11 THE USES OF LANGUAGE 12 THE CULT OF ‘COMMON USAGE’

Part IV The Logician and Philosopher of Mathematics

13 SYMBOLIC LOGIC

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14 ON INDUCTION

NOTE ON NON-DEMONSTRATIVE INFERENCE AND INDUCTION

15 PREFACE TO PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA 16 INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA 17 SUMMARY OF PART III: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA 18 SUMMARY OF PART IV: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

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19 SUMMARY OF PART V: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA 20 SUMMARY OF PART VI: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA 21 INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION1: PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

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22 MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC

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23 THE VALIDITY OF INFERENCE 24 DEWEY’S NEW LOGIC

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25 JOHN DEWEY

Part V The Epistemologist

26 KNOWLEDGE BY ACQUAINTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE BY DESCRIPTION 27 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 28 EPISTEMOLOGICAL PREMISSES

Part VI The Metaphysician

29 MATERIALISM, PAST AND PRESENT 30 LANGUAGE AND METAPHYSICS 31 THE RETREAT FROM PYTHAGORAS

Part VII The Historian of Philosophy

32 PHILOSOPHY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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33 ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC 34 ST THOMAS AQUINAS

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35 CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 36 THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOGICAL ANALYSIS

Part VIII The Psychologist

37 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CAUSAL LAWS

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38 TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD

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39 KNOWLEDGE BEHAVIOURISTICALLY CONSIDERED

Part IX The Moral Philosopher

40 STYLES IN ETHICS 41 THE PLACE OF SEX AMONG HUMAN VALUES 42 INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL ETHICS 43 ‘WHAT I BELIEVE’

I. NATURE AND MAN II. THE GOOD LIFE III. MORAL RULES IV. SALVATION: INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL V. SCIENCE AND HAPPINESS NOTES

44 THE EXPANDING MENTAL UNIVERSE

Part X The Philosopher of Education

45 EDUCATION

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46 THE AIMS OF EDUCATION

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47 EMOTION AND DISCIPLINE 48 THE FUNCTIONS OF A TEACHER

Part XI The Philosopher of Politics

49 THE RECONCILIATION OF INDIVIDUALITY AND CITIZENSHIP

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50 PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS

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51 POLITICALLY IMPORTANT DESIRES 52 WHY I AM NOT A COMMUNIST1

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Part XII The Philosopher in the Field of Economics

53 PROPERTY

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54 DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM

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55 THE THEORY OF SURPLUS VALUE

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Part XIII The Philosopher of History

56 ON HISTORY

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57 THE MATERIALISTIC THEORY OF HISTORY 58 HISTORY AS AN ART

Part XIV The Philosopher of Culture: East and West

59 CHINESE AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION CONTRASTED 60 EASTERN AND WESTERN IDEALS OF HAPPINESS

Part XV The Philosopher of Religion

61 THE ESSENCE OF RELIGION 62 WHAT IS AN AGNOSTIC?

ARE AGNOSTICS ATHEISTS? SINCE YOU DENY ‘GOD’S LAW’, WHAT AUTHORITY DO YOU ACCEPT AS A GUIDE TO CONDUCT? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS EVIL? WHAT DOES AN AGNOSTIC CONSIDER A SIN? DOES AN AGNOSTIC DO WHATEVER HE PLEASES? HOW DOES AN AGNOSTIC REGARD THE BIBLE? HOW DOES AN AGNOSTIC REGARD JESUS, THE VIRGIN BIRTH, AND THE HOLY TRINITY? CAN AN AGNOSTIC BE A CHRISTIAN? DOES AN AGNOSTIC DENY THAT MAN HAS A SOUL? DOES AN AGNOSTIC BELIEVE IN A HEREAFTER, IN HEAVEN OR HELL? ARE YOU NEVER AFRAID OF GOD’S JUDGMENT IN DENYING HIM? HOW DO AGNOSTICS EXPLAIN THE BEAUTY AND HARMONY OF NATURE? HOW DO AGNOSTICS EXPLAIN MIRACLES AND OTHER REVELATIONS OF GOD’S OMNIPOTENCE? THERE HAVE BEEN BASE AND CRUEL PASSIONS, WHICH RELIGION OPPOSES. IF YOU ABANDON RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES, COULD MANKIND EXIST? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE TO THE AGNOSTIC? DOES NOT THE DENIAL OF RELIGION MEAN THE DENIAL OF MARRIAGE AND CHASTITY? IS NOT FAITH IN REASON ALONE A DANGEROUS CREED? IS NOT REASON IMPERFECT AND INADEQUATE WITHOUT SPIRITUAL AND MORAL LAW? DO YOU REGARD ALL RELIGIONS AS FORMS OF SUPERSTITION OR DOGMA? WHICH OF THE EXISTING RELIGIONS DO YOU MOST RESPECT, AND WHY? COMMUNISM LIKE AGNOSTICISM OPPOSES RELIGION. ARE AGNOSTICS COMMUNISTS? DO AGNOSTICS THINK THAT SCIENCE AND RELIGION ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO RECONCILE? WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE COULD CONVINCE YOU THAT GOD EXISTS?

63 WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? THE EXISTENCE OF GOD THE FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT THE NATURAL LAW ARGUMENT THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN THE MORAL ARGUMENTS FOR DEITY THE ARGUMENT FOR THE REMEDYING OF INJUSTICE THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST DEFECTS IN CHRIST’S TEACHING THE MORAL PROBLEM THE EMOTIONAL FACTOR HOW THE CHURCHES HAVE RETARDED PROGRESS FEAR THE FOUNDATION OF RELIGION WHAT WE MUST DO NOTE

64 CAN RELIGION CURE OUR TROUBLES?1

I II NOTES

Part XVI The Philosopher and Expositor of Science

65 PHYSICS AND NEUTRAL MONISM

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66 SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

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67 LIMITATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD 68 THE NEW PHYSICS AND RELATIVITY

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69 SCIENCE AND VALUES

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70 NON-DEMONSTRATIVE INFERENCE

Part XVII The Analyst of International Affairs

71 THE TAMING OF POWER

I II III IV NOTES

72 IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE THIS DARK TIME— 73 WHAT WOULD HELP MANKIND MOST? 74 CURRENT PERPLEXITIES 75 WORLD GOVERNMENT 76 THE NEXT HALF-CENTURY 77 LIFE WITHOUT FEAR 78 SCIENCE AND HUMAN LIFE 79 OPEN LETTER TO EISENHOWER AND KHRUSHCHEV 80 MAN’S PERIL

STARK, INESCAPABLE PROBLEM

81 METHODS OF SETTLING DISPUTES IN THE NUCLEAR AGE

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