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Bertrand Russell – On the Value of Philosophy – The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy

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Want to create or adapt books like this? Learn more about how Pressbooks supports open publishing practices. Book Contents Navigation Introduction for Instructors Dedication Acknowledgements How to Do Philosophy Plato - On Defending Philosophy Bertrand Russell – On the Value of Philosophy Rene Descartes – On Doubt and Certainty John Locke – On the Foundation of Knowledge George Berkeley – On Materialism and Idealism David Hume – On Empiricism Immanuel Kant – On the Sources of Knowledge William James - On Pragmatism Bertrand Russell – On Truth and Falsehood Plato – On the Allegory of the Cave Plato – On Forms Aristotle – On Categories Aristotle - On Language and the Way Truth Works Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz – On Substances David Hume – On Liberty and Necessity St. Anselm – On the Ontological Proof of God's Existence St. Thomas Aquinas – On the Five Ways to Prove God's Existence Blaise Pascal – On the Wager for God's Existence David Hume– On the Irrationality of Believing in Miracles

Bertrand Russell – On the Value of Philosophy – The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy Skip to content The Value of Philosophy The Value of Philosophy …[It] will be well to consider…what is the value of philosophy and why it ought to be studied. It is the more necessary to consider this question, in view of the fact that many men, under the influence of science or of practical affairs, are inclined to doubt whether philosophy is anything better than innocent but useless trifling, hair-splitting distinctions, and controversies on matters concerning which knowled

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