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Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It is a rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology.
In this book, the author of "Language, Truth and Logic" tackles one of the central issues of philosophy - how we can know anything - by setting out all the sceptic's arguments and trying to counter them one by one.
Why did an event that took place more than half a century ago, in a small room, at a regular meeting of a little-known university club, during a discussion on a thorny topic, cause such outrage?
The author discusses the application of logic to the diverse scientific methods of the several natural and social sciences and to the humanities. He explores the potential for bringing scientific verification into the world of ideological controversy.