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Jan 1, 2006 · Russell says the chief value is the "greatness of objects which it contemplates." Thus it is reasonable to infer the object of epistemology is truth, that of ontology is reality, that of ethics is the good, that of æsthetics is beauty. Thus, philosophy gives freedom from narrow and practical aims: an escape from the daily round.
- Russell, The Value of Philosophy
Introduction: Bertrand Russell was a philosopher,...
- Russell, The Value of Philosophy
Introduction: Bertrand Russell was a philosopher, mathematician, and social reformer. (a) Russell's parents died when he was a little child; John Stuart Mill was his godfather. (c) He supported himself through lecturing and writing from 1919 until the late 1930's. (d) He accepted a position of the City College of New York, but before he could ...
Sep 19, 2016 · The mind which has become accustomed to the freedom and impartiality of philosophic contemplation will preserve something of the same freedom and impartiality in the world of action and emotion. It will view its purposes and desires as parts of the whole, with the absence of insistence that results from seeing them as infinitesimal fragments in a world of which all the rest is unaffected by ...
This utility does not belong to philosophy. If the study of philosophy has any value at all for others than students of philosophy, it must be only indirectly, through its effects upon the lives of those who study it. It is in these effects, therefore, if anywhere, that the value of philosophy must be primarily sought.
- Jeff McLaughlin
- 2017
Summary: Chapter 15: The Value of Philosophy. This chapter is an eloquent vindication for the practice of philosophy. Russell explicitly addresses the "practical man" who only recognizes philosophy as a pursuit of "hair-splitting distinctions" and irrelevant trifling. Viewing philosophy thus is a result of having a "wrong conception of the ends ...
How does Russell's distinction between the philosophic mind and the practical mind compare with William James' distinction between the tough and tender-minded person? The characteristics are listed in the accompanying table.
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Oct 24, 2005 · Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) described his philosophy as a kind of “logical atomism”, by which he meant to endorse both a metaphysical view and a certain methodology for doing philosophy. The metaphysical view amounts to the claim that the world consists of a plurality of independently existing things exhibiting qualities and standing in ...
