By Bertrand Russell
'A clinical opinion is one that there's a few cause to think is correct; an unscientific opinion is one that is held for a few cause except its possible truth.' - Bertrand Russell
One of Russell's most crucial books, this early vintage on technological know-how illuminates his pondering at the promise and chance of clinical growth. Russell considers 3 questions primary to an realizing of technological know-how: the character and scope of medical wisdom, the elevated energy over nature that technological know-how gives, and the alterations within the lives of people that outcome from new kinds of technology. With established wit and readability, Russell bargains magnificent discussions of many significant clinical figures, together with Aristotle, Galileo, Newton and Darwin.
With a brand new introduciton by means of David Papineau, King's university, London.
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