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Analytic Philosophy

  1. The Problems of Philosophy
    Bertrand Russell
    The Problems of Philosophy
    Bertrand Russell 1912

    This short introduction to philosophy asks what we can know about the world around us. It begins with a table whose color and shape seem to change depending on where we stand.

    2h 54m reading time