This volume collects together Russell's philosophical writings during the period from 1947-68. For about half of this period Russell worked steadily at philosophy but after the publication of My Philosophical Development in 1959 he retired from academic philosophy for the second time. After that date, only the occasional philosophical piece appeared, as he was preoccupied with political writings. In this volume there are a handful of papers dated later than 1959, and all of these were certainly written by Russell himself. This volume contains Russell's writings on diverse philosophical interests, including autobiographical and self-critical papers, critiques of other philosophers and his controversial opinions on Christianity.
Introduction PART I. AUTOBIOGRAPHICLA AND SELF-CRITICAL WRITINGS
Headnote to Contributions to The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell (1-2) 1 My
Mental Development [ 1944] 2 Russell's Replies [ 1944-65] 3 My Own Philosophy
[ 1946] 4 The Faith of a Rationalist [ 1947] 5 Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?
A Plea for Tolerance in the Face of New Dogmas [ 1949] 6 Why I Took to
Philosophy [ 1955] 7 Some Philosophical Contacts [ 1955] 8 Beliefs: Discarded
and Retained [ 1955] 9 My Debt to German Learning [ 1955] PART II.
NON-DEMONSTRATIVE INFERENCE 10 Project of Future Work [ 1943] 11 Postulates of
Scientific Method [ 1943] 12 Non-Deductive Inference [ 1945?] 13 Postulates of
Scientific Inference [ 1948] 114 Note on Non-Demonstrative Inference and
Induction [ 1959] 15 The Nature and Origin of Scientific Method [ 1948] PART
III. ON SOME OF HIS YOUNGER CONTEMPORARIES 16 Logical Positivism [ 1945] 17
Logical Positivism [ 1950] 18 Review of A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic
[ 1947] 19 Light versus Heat [ 1954] 20 Ludwig Wittgenstein [ 1951] PART IV. ON
SOME OF HIS OLDER CONTEMPORARIES 21 Foreword to Feibleman, Introduction to
Peirce's Philosophy [ 1946] 22 Whitehead and Principia Mathematica [ 1948] 23
Alfred North Whitehead [ 1952] 24 A Sage's Table-Talk [ 1954] 25 Reminiscences
of McTaggart [ 1948] 26 George Santayana [ 1953] 27 Prof. G. E. Moore/Influence
on Lord Russell [ 1958] 28 The Influence and Thought of G. E. Moore [ 1959] 29
Preface to Jean Nicod, Le Problčme logique de l'induction [ 1961] PART V.
METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY 30 Papers on Philosophy [ 1945?] 31 Hume [ 1946]
32 Mind and Matter in Modern Science [ 1945] 33 The Problem of Universais
[ 1946] 34 Rewards of Philosophy [ 1948] 35 Mind and Matter [ 1950] 36 The
Principle of Individuation [ 1950] 37 Perception [ 1957] 38 Notes on Philosophy
[ 1960] PART VI . LOGIC AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS 39 Preface to
William Kingdon Clifford, The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences [ 1946] 40
Review of Rupert Crawshay-Williams, The Comforts of Unreason [ 1947] 41
William of Occam: Empiricist and Democrat [ 1949l 42 When Is an Opinion
Rational? [ 1950] 43 Is Mathematics Purely Linguistic? [ 1950l 44 Mathematical
Infinity [ 1958] PART VII. ETHICS AND POLITICS 45 The Thinkers behind
Germany's Sins [ 1944] 46 What Is Democracy? [ 1946] 47 Philosophy for Laymen
[ 1946] 48 Comments on Articles on Philosophy [ 1947] 49 A Plea for Clear
Thinking [ 1947] 50 Philosophy and Politics [ 1947] 51 Review of Amber Blanco
White, Ethics for Unbelievers [ 1949] 52 Le Philosophe en temps de crise
[ 1950] 53 Freedom and the Philosopher [ 1951] 54 Reason and Passion [ 1952] 55
The Idea of Progress [ 1953] 56 The Spirit of Inquiry [ 1953] 57 A Philosophy
for Our Time [ 1953] 58 Knowledge and Wisdom [ 1954] 59 The Duty of a
Philosopher in This Age [ 1964] PART VIII. JOHN STTUART MILL 60 John Stuart
Mill and the Idea of Liberty [ 1948] 61 Mill on Liberty [ 1950] 62 John Stuart
Mill: On Liberty [ 1951] 63 The Saint of Rationalism [ 1954] 64 A Good-Hearted
Philosopher [ 1954] 65 Influence of John Stuart Mill [ 1955] 66 John Stuart
Mill [ 1955] 67 A Discussion on Liberty [ 1956] PART IX. CRITIQUE OF RELIGION
68 The Existence of God [ 1948] 69 Is There a God? [ 1952] 70 What Is an
Agnostic? [ 1953] 71 Do Science and Religion Conflict? [ 1954] 72 Preface to
Why I Am Not a Christian [ 1957] PART X. ALBERT EINSTEIN General Headnote 73
Einstein and the Theory of Relativity [ 1949] 74 Man of the Half-Century? I
Choose Einstein [ 1950] 75 Albert Einstein [ 1955] 76 The Greatness of Albert
Einstein [ 1955] 77 Preface to Einstein on Peace [ 1960] 59178 Statement on
Einstein [ 1964] 79 Broadcast Concerning Einstein [ 1965] 80 Foreword to The
Born-Einstein Letters [ 1968] PART XI CRITIQUE OF ORDINARY LANGUAGE General
Headnote 81 The Cult of "Common Usage" [ 1953] 82 Philosophical Analysis
[ 1956] 83 Logic and Ontology [ 1957] 84 Mr. Strawson on Referring [ 1957] 85
What Is Mind? [ 1958] 86 Introduction to Ernest Gellner, Words and Things
[ 1959]
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