The Art of philosophizing, and other essays. --

the long version

"The essays in this little volume, published here for the first time in book form, were written by Bertrand Rusell during the Second World War. In those years the author was teaching philosophy at American universities and exercising a growing influence on America's student population. The essays assembled here are fundamentally concerned with the "art of reckoning" in the fields of mathematics, logic and philosophy. The simplicity of Russell's exposition is astonishing, as is his ability to get to the core of the great philosophical issues and to skillfully probe the depth of philosophical analysis."--Inside dust jacket.