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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1919
ISBN
110760012X, 9781107600126
Google Books ID
PUFTdE1wQqYC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18728502 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
210\210
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) was a prominent English mathematician and philosopher who co-authored the highly influential Principia Mathematica with Bertrand Russell. Originally published in 1919, and first republished in 1925 as this Second Edition, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge ranks among Whitehead's most important works; forming a perspective on scientific observation that incorporated a complex view of experience, rather than prioritising the position of 'pure' sense data. Alongside companion volumes The Concept of Nature (1920) and The Principle of Relativity (1922), it created a framework for Whitehead's later metaphysical speculations. This is an important book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the relationship between science and philosophy.

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