Idealism : a critical survey / A.C. Ewing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ewing, A. C. (Alfred Cyril), 1899-1973, author.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idealism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1934, this book evaluates the characteristic doctrines of the idealism which dominated philosophy during the last century. It seeks to combine realism, as to epistemology and physical objects, with a greater appreciation of views which emphasize the unity and rationality of the universe. This work is not a history and does not try to compete with any histories of idealism but it instead reaches an independent conclusion on certain philosophical problems by criticising what others have said. The book considers differing arguments in order to determine their validity.

Contents:

Cover; Idealism: A Critical Survey; Copyright; Contents; I. Introductory; II. Epistemological Idealism; I. The Main Epistemological Argument for Idealism; II. The Argument From Mental Construction; III. Is The Object of Knowledge Independent of Being Known ? The Realist Epistemology; IV. The Epistemological Argument From Internal Relations; V. Royce's Argument; VI. A Concession to Idealism; VII. Hegelianism and Epistemological Idealism; III. Kantian Idealism; I. Introductory; II. Kant's Solution of The Problem of Synthetic A Priori Knowledge. Why Kant Was An Idealist

III. Are Space and Time Mere Appearances ? IV. Kant's Attempt to Establish Empirical Realism Within Idealism; V. The Thing-In-Itself; VI. Kant's Chief Contributions to The Idealist Movement; IV. The Theory of Internal Relations; I. An Analysis of ' Internal 'and ' External '; II. Various Idealist Arguments for The Theory of Internal Relations; III. Causality and The Problem of Internal Relations; IV. Conclusions; V. The Coherence Theory; I. The Objections Theory to The Correspondence; II. Degrees of Truth; III. Coherence As An Account of The Nature of The World

IV. Coherence As The Criterion of Truth V. Rationalism v. Empiricism; VI. Dealism and The Theory of Perception; I. Introductory Explanation of Terms; II. Different Senses of 'Direct Awareness' and Their Philosophical Significance; III. The Representative v. The Direct Theory of Perception; VII. Physical Objects; I. The Argument From Common-Sense and The Analysis of Propositions About Physical Objects; II. Is There Any Justification for The Belief In Independent Physical Objects ?; III. The Nature of Physical Objects; VIII. Idealist Metaphysics; I. Theistic Idealism

II. Does Matter Imply An Experience It Exists III. The Absolute; IV. Panpsychism; V. The Argument From Universals and Moral Values; VI. Idealism and Values; Summary of Main Conclusions; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1934 by Methuen & Co Ltd"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-20977-8

0-203-09484-0

1-136-20978-6

1-299-14767-4

9780203094846

OCLC:

827207117