Ebook: Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

Mysticism and logic -- The place of science in a liberal education -- A free man's worship -- The study of mathematics -- Mathematics and the metaphysicians -- On scientific method in philosophy -- The ultimate constituents of matter -- The relation of sense-data to physics -- On the notion of cause -- Knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description.;One of the keenest philosophical minds of the twentieth century, Bertrand Russell wrote a number of classic volumes on the subject, including the venerated survey A History of Western Philosophy. In this volume, Russell takes on the subjects of religion and logical reasoning with his characteristic elegance and penetrating insight.