The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell
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Title: The Problems of Philosophy
Author: Bertrand Russell
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THE PROBLEMS OF
PHILOSOPHY
By Bertrand Russell
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Contents
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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
PREFACE
APPEARANCE AND REALITY
THE EXISTENCE OF MATTER
THE NATURE OF MATTER
IDEALISM
KNOWLEDGE BY ACQUAINTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER V.
DESCRIPTION
CHAPTER VI.
ON INDUCTION
CHAPTER VII. ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER VIII. HOW A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE IS POSSIBLE
CHAPTER IX.
THE WORLD OF UNIVERSALS
CHAPTER X.
ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF UNIVERSALS
CHAPTER XI.
ON INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER XII. TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD
CHAPTER XIII.
KNOWLEDGE, ERROR, AND PROBABLE OPINION
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
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BY
THE LIMITS OF PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
THE VALUE OF PHILOSOPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
PREFACE
In the following pages I have confined myself in the main to those problems of philosophy in
regard to which I thought it possible to say something positive and constructive, since merely
negative criticism seemed out of place. For this reason, theory of knowledge occupies a larger space
than metaphysics in the present volume, and some topics much discussed by philosophers are treated
very...