The Place of Science in a Libe

In his essay, "The Place of Science in a Liberal Education," Russell Bertrand explains how a liberal education is obtained through a literary education and an education based on science. His goal is not to attack literary education, but to draw attention to theachievements and excellencies in science in the present. Bertrand Russell speaks in length about education "in the sense of." He states how we can obtain an education in the narrow sense by …

…Russell keenly points out that the fault of science being regarded as inferior lies in how science is presented. Russell says that if instructors realized sciences full potential, mental excellence could be achieved to rival that achieved from literary education. Science combines both personal experiences and knowledge and if we taught science the way Russell is proposing, the affects will be a lot more significant that the use of literary education as we know it.