Exam 11: Bertrand Russell the Value of Philosophy

According to Russell, "Philosophic contemplation does not, in its widest survey, divide the universe into two hostile camps-friends and foes, helpful and hostile, good and bad-it views the whole impartially."

According to Russell, "_________________________ does not, in its widest survey, divide the universe into two hostile camps-friends and foes, helpful and hostile, good and bad-it views the whole impartially."

According to Russell, "Hence also the ______________ will value more the abstract and universal knowledge into which the accidents of private history do not enter, than the knowledge brought by the senses, and dependent, as such knowledge must be, upon an exclusive and personal point of view and a body whose sense-organs distort as much as they reveal."

Russell says, "Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known to be true, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves." Do you agree with Russell? Explain your answer.

Russell says, "the fact that, as soon as definite knowledge concerning any subject becomes possible, this subject ceases to be called __________, and becomes a separate ________."

According to Russell, "If the study of philosophy has any value at all for others than students of philosophy, it must be only __________, through its effects upon the lives of those who study it. It is in these effects, therefore, if anywhere, that the value of philosophy must be primarily sought."

According to Russell, "If the study of philosophy has any value at all for others than students of philosophy, it must be only indirectly, through its effects upon the lives of those who study it. It is in these effects, therefore, if anywhere, that the value of philosophy must be primarily sought."