Philosophy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Philosophy, credited to Bertrand Russell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell. Read in English by Ciufi Galeazzi. Bertrand Russell was a well known mathematician, philosopher, and author. First published in England under the title "An Outline of Philosophy," this work by Russell was controversial in its day for its assertion that humanity is worthy of consideration only as an instrument by which we acquire knowledge of the universe. His personal philosophy was one which he described as "logical atomism." Despite the weightiness of the topic, Russell's style is, as always, engaging and accessible. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

Recording facts

• Recording title: Philosophy
• Author credits: Bertrand Russell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Combined MP3 track duration: 11:40:11

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• physics
• logic

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - I. Philosophic Doubts — 35:08
2. 02 - Part I: Man from Without. II. Man and His Environment — 29:47
3. 03 - III. The Process of Learning in Animals and Infants — 32:23
4. 04 - IV. Language — 34:27
5. 05 - V. Perception Objectively Regarded — 27:55
6. 06 - VI. Memory Objectively Regarded — 19:34
7. 07 - VII. Inference as a Habit — 19:38
8. 08 - VIII. Knowledge Behaviouristically Considered — 20:05
9. 09 - Part II. The Physical World. IX. The Structure of the Atom — 24:02
10. 10 - X. Relativity — 15:00
11. 11 - XI. Causal Law in Physics — 20:24
12. 12 - XII. Physics and Percerption — 32:02
13. 13 - XIII. Physical and Perceptual Space — 16:36
14. 14 - XIV. Perception and Physical Causal Laws — 16:44
15. 15 - XV. The Nature of Our Knowledge of Physics — 21:40
16. 16 - Part III. Man From Within. XVI. Self-Observation — 35:31
17. 17 - XVII. Images — 26:29
18. 18 - XVIII. Imagination and Memory — 32:53
19. 19 - XIX. The Introspective Analysis of Perception — 20:43
20. 20 - XX. Consciousness? — 18:39
21. 21 - XXI. Emotion, Desire, and Will — 16:05
22. 22 - XXII. Ethics — 26:20
23. 23 - Part IV. The Universe. XXIII. Some Great Philosophies of the Past — 43:32
24. 24 - XXIV. Truth and Falsehood — 28:12

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