The Analysis of Mind (eBook)

Philosopher, mathematician, and social critic, Bertrand Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. In ‘The Analysis of Mind,’ one of his most influential and exciting books, Russell presents an intriguing reconciliation between the materialism of psychology with the anti-materialism of physics, drawing upon the writings of psychologists such as William James and John Watson to offer a comprehensive treatment of belief, desire, habit, memory, meaning, and causal law. One of the most important works on the philosophy of mind. "A most brilliant essay in psychology."—New Statesman. "A delightful experience."—Joseph Conrad. "A word is used "correctly" when the average hearer will be affected by it in the way intended. This is a psychological, not a literary, definition of "correctness". The literary definition would substitute, for the average hearer, a person of high education living a long time ago; the purpose of this definition is to make it difficult to speak or write correctly." — Bertrand Russell (The Analysis of Mind)

• Philosophy