Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

The essays set out a sustained examination of the tension between mystical feeling and scientific reason, arguing that philosophy must reconcile intuitive, poetic insight with empirical and logical analysis. Other pieces discuss the proper place of science in a liberal education, a secular account of reverence and ethics, and the character and pedagogy of mathematics. More technical essays analyse scientific method in philosophy, the metaphysical status of matter, the relation of sense-data to physics, causation, and the distinction between knowledge by acquaintance and by description. Across accessible and technical styles, the collection moves between popular exposition and rigorous analytic argument about knowledge, method, and human values.