THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY
By Bertrand Russell
Contents
| . | PREFACE |
| CHAPTER I. | APPEARANCE AND REALITY |
| CHAPTER II. | THE EXISTENCE OF MATTER |
| CHAPTER III. | THE NATURE OF MATTER |
| CHAPTER IV. | IDEALISM |
| CHAPTER V. | KNOWLEDGE BY ACQUAINTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE BY 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. | THE LIMITS OF PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE |
| CHAPTER XV. | 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 briefly, if at all.
I have derived valuable assistance from unpublished writings of G. E. Moore and J. M. Keynes: from the former, as regards the relations of sense-data to physical objects, and from the latter as regards probability and induction. I have also profited greatly by the criticisms and suggestions of Professor Gilbert Murray.
CHAPTER I. APPEARANCE AND REALITY
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