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    <body><![CDATA[What an exciting book. Russell is not only a great philosopher, but also a great writer, and this short book is a perfect example. I recommend this book to all, especially those with any interest what so ever in the limits of our knowledge and the nature of reality. If one doesn't think they have an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13654376">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The chapter on truth and falsehood is perfect for introducing students to debates about substantial theories of truth (he criticizes the coherence theory and introduces his own correspondence theory). It's short, clear, and pithy. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bertrand Russell was a tower in 20th century philosophy, not in his methodology or discoveries but in his interactions with the public.  The Problems of Philosophy is easy to read and follows a tradition of systematic philosophy that restricts itself strongly to things that re provable or at a minim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39620237">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1248048.html">http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1248048.html</a>[return][return]This is an excellent short guide to philosophy. I am not widely enough read in the subject to know to what extent Russell is pushing his own views rather than simply giving an overview of the subject, but he succeeded in persuading me that th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51935375">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Outstanding book.  I admit, I don't understand it all but it's becoming more clear and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.  The dialogue on thought processes, formation of belief and the determination of truth is highly enlightening.  Thinking in abstract is such a critical part of understanding this partic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17654527">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Russell explains some of the most central ideas of philosophy.  He does so by taking a very easy to understand approach that is great for people early in their exposure to philosophical ideas.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bertrand Russel<br/><br/>Analytic Philosophy<br/><br/>The major epistemological and metaphysical questions<br/><br/>Kant's solution to the induction problem boiled down to like 3 and a half pages.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the shilling shocker.  a good introduction to the early 20th century analytical approach to some basic questions in philosophy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually didn't read this book, but rather had it read to me thanks to a free audio book site called LibriVox.  You can download the MP3s at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://librivox.org/the-problems-of-philosophy-by-bertrand-russell/." title="http://librivox.org/the-problems-of-philosophy-by-bertrand-russell/.">http://librivox.org/the-problems-of-phil...</a>  <br/><br/>Bertrand Russell is probably the most accessible philosopher I know.  His arguments are remarkably c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62973819">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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