Treatise on Bertrand Russell’s History of Western Philosophy (Part IV)

Philosophical Skepticism“A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.”  - David Hume Skepticism is generally classified as an attitude or doubt to one dogmatic belief which involves in many principles. It is often exercised in the domain of supernatural, moral, religion, or knowledge. But very often, the skepticism always constitutes in the philosophical debate …

Treatise on Bertrand Russell’s History of Western Philosophy (Part III)

Hegel's Absolute Idealism Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a German philosopher and an important figure in German Idealism which subsequently influenced the work of Karl Marx's Dialectic Materialism as a basic principle idea in his book, "Das Kapital" that criticized the horrid condition of Capitalism and the class of bourgeoisie. Despite that, Hegel's Absolute Idealism, …

Treatise on Bertrand Russell’s History of Western Philosophy (Part II)

Philosophy of Logical Analysis Unless words, to some extent, had fixed meanings, discourse would be impossible. Words do change their meanings; take, for example, the word 'idea'. It is only by a considerable process of education that we learn to give this word something like the meaning which Plato gave to it. It is necessary …