ABSTRACT

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.

chapter I|10 pages

Introductory

chapter II|52 pages

Epistemological Idealism 1

chapter III|54 pages

Kantian Idealism

chapter IV|78 pages

The Theory of Internal Relations

chapter V|66 pages

The Coherence Theory

chapter VI|29 pages

Idealism and the Theory of Perception

chapter VII|93 pages

Physical Objects

chapter VIII|57 pages

Idealist Metaphysics