The problems of philosophy / Bertrand Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Introductions.

Philosophy.

Metaphysics.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 102 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This classic work, first published in 1912, has never been supplanted as an approachable introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry. It gives Russell's views on such subjects as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, knowledge by acquaintance and by description, induction, truth and falsehood, the distinction between knowledge, error and probable opinion, and the limits and value of philosophical knowledge.

Contents:

Introduction

Preface

1. Appearance and Reality

2. The Existence of Matter

3. The Nature of Matter

4. Idealism

5. Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description

6. On Induction

7. On Our Knowledge of General Principles

8. How A Priori Knowledge is Possible

9. The World of Universals

10. On Our Knowledge of Universals

11. On Intuitive Knowledge

12. Truth and Falsehood

13. Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion

14. The Limits of Philosophical Knowledge

15. The Value of Philosophy

Appendix: Foreword to the German Translation.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-150076-3

1-299-19082-0

0-19-150902-7

OCLC:

848243867