ABSTRACT

L. T. Hobhouse (1864-1929) was fundamental to the New Liberal movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He authored many important works in the fields of philosophy, economics and social liberalism. First published in 1896, The Theory of Knowledge considers the content and validity of knowledge, and the conditions on which our understanding of knowledge is based. It is a rich and important classic, which remains of value to students and academics with an interest in sociology, anthropology and the philosophy of logic.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

part I|174 pages

Data

chapter Chapter I|23 pages

Simple Apprehension

chapter Chapter II|22 pages

The Content of Apprehension

chapter Chapter III|8 pages

Obscure, Clear, and Analysed Consciousness

chapter Chapter IV|13 pages

Memory

chapter Chapter V|4 pages

Construction

chapter Chapter VI|7 pages

Ideas

chapter Chapter VII|16 pages

General Ideas

chapter Chapter VIII|14 pages

Resemblance and Identity

chapter |17 pages

Chapter IX

chapter Chapter X|7 pages

The Judgments of Relation and Description

chapter Chapter XI|12 pages

Genekal Natuke of Judgment

chapter Chapter XII|29 pages

The Validity of Judgment

part II|294 pages

Inference

chapter Chapter I|14 pages

Imagination and Its Factors

chapter Chapter II|12 pages

Imagination as Constructive

chapter Chapter III|17 pages

Inference—General Characteristics

chapter Chapter IV|7 pages

The Implications of Inference

chapter Chapter V|11 pages

Generalisation

chapter Chapter VI|12 pages

Equivalent and Quasi-equivalent Inferences

chapter Chapter VII|11 pages

The Basis of Generalisation

chapter Chapter VIII|7 pages

Development of the Principles of Generalisation

chapter Chapter IX|9 pages

Criticisms of the Theoey of Generalisation

chapter Chapter X|7 pages

Probable Reasoning and Analogy

chapter Chapter XI|21 pages

Numerical Probability

chapter Chapter XII|10 pages

Possibility

chapter Chapter XIII|15 pages

The Inductive Methods

chapter Chapter XIV|19 pages

Scientific Induction

chapter Chapter XV|24 pages

Scientific Induction (continued)

chapter Chapter XVI|23 pages

The Interconnection of General Truths

chapter Chapter XVII|16 pages

Induction and Hypothesis

chapter Chapter XVIII|18 pages

Constructive Generalisation

chapter Chapter XIX|33 pages

Explanation

chapter Chapter XX|6 pages

Summary of the Theory of Inference

part III|143 pages

Knowledge

chapter Chapter I|16 pages

Validity

chapter Chapter II|18 pages

The Validity of Knowledge

chapter Chapter III|21 pages

The Conception of External Reality 1

chapter Chapter IV|18 pages

Substance

chapter Chapter V|19 pages

The Conception of Self

chapter Chapter VI|13 pages

Reality as a System

chapter Chapter VII|19 pages

Knowledge and Beauty

chapter Chapter VIII|15 pages

Grounds of Knowledge and Belief