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Classic Audiobook Collection - The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]
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The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

The Problems of Philosophy is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics.

Russell guides the reader through his famous distinction between 'knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description' and introduces important theories of Plato, Aristotle, René Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Georg Hegel and others to lay the foundation for philosophical inquiry by general readers and scholars alike.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:53) Chapter 02

(00:37:50) Chapter 03

(00:57:53) Chapter 04

(01:14:05) Chapter 05

(01:42:24) Chapter 06

(01:59:08) Chapter 07

(02:16:07) Chapter 08

(02:32:14) Chapter 09

(02:53:21) Chapter 10

(03:13:10) Chapter 11

(03:34:06) Chapter 12

(03:51:50) Chapter 13

(04:13:38) Chapter 14

(04:34:41) Chapter 15

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:14:39) Chapter 02

(00:25:33) Chapter 03

(00:44:52) Chapter 04

(00:58:25) Chapter 05

(01:15:29) Chapter 06

(01:32:16) Chapter 07

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