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5432 | Metaphysics cannot give knowledge of the universe as a whole [Russell] |
Full Idea: It would seem that knowledge concerning the universe as a whole is not to be obtained by metaphysics. | |
From: Bertrand Russell (Problems of Philosophy [1912], Ch.14) | |
A reaction: Although Russell is strongly attracted to rationalism and platonism, this remark puts him firmly in the camp of Hume, and makes him godfather to the logical positivists. I regard metaphysics as extremely speculative attempts at explanation. |