ABSTRACT
Bertrand Russell described this little book as his ‘shilling shocker’ – a cheap, short book, written quickly for a general readership, yet it has remained in print for almost a century. Although by no means his major philosophical work, this, along with his opinionated survey, A History of Western Philosophy, is one of his most read books. Indeed, until the early 1980s, The Problems of Philosophy was the book most likely to be recommended reading for students considering studying the subject at university, despite having been written in 1911 and first published in January 1912.
