Download or read book The Tree of Knowledge and Other Essays written by G. H. Von Wright and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1993 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanism, modernity, and scientific rationality are examined critically in these collected essays. Developments in logic and philosophy are surveyed in the perspective of the closing century. Other essays include Musil and Mach, and Wittgenstein's place on the cultural map of the times.