Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits.

RUSSELL, Bertrand.

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London, 1948

About this Item

First impression, publisher's green cloth in a rubbed and edge-worn, unclipped dustwrapper, the latter printed to the reverse of a portion of photolithographed 1945 O.S. Admiralty Chart showing a section of the East coast of Sumatra. Russell's introduction to the ideas of epistemology for the general reader, a long book in which he examines: "the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge." [Clark, 1975. The Life of Bertrand Russell. p.492]. Very good condition, top edge dusty, unobtrusive owner's signature to the front free endpaper, otherwise no faults. First edition. 8vo., publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine; unclipped dust wrapper printed on the back of a WWII map showing the coast of Sumatra; upper edge green. A little light chipping and soiling to wrapper otherwise a very good copy. This book was written by Russell to introduce and explain ideas of epistemology to the general reader. The map on the verso of the wrapper is characteristic of books printed at the time; paper was in short supply and so was often recycled into dust jackets. 'Russell's last testament on the problems association with an empiricist philosophy. A long book,' the central purpose of which 'was to examine the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge' (Clark, The Life of Bertrand Russell, p. 492).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits.
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London
• Publication Date: 1948
• Edition: 1st Edition