THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY

by

Bertrand Russell

1912

 

CONTENTS

 

CHAPTER

 

PAGE

 

PREFACE

 

I

APPEARANCE AND REALITY

9

II

THE EXISTENCE OF MATTER

26

III

THE NATURE OF MATTER

42

IV

IDEALISM

58

V

KNOWLEDGE BY ACQUAINTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE BY DESCRIPTION

72

VI

ON INDUCTION     

93

VII

ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL

PRINCIPLES

109

VIII

HOW A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE IS POSSIBLE

127

IX

THE WORLD OF UNIVERSALS

142

X

ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF UNIVERSALS 

158

XI

ON INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE

174

 

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CHAPTER

 

PAGE

XII

TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD  

186

XIII

KNOWLEDGE, ERROR, AND PROBABLE OPINION

204

XIV

THE LIMITS OF PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

220

XV

THE VALUE OF PHILOSOPHY

237

 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

251

INDEX

253

 

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