ABSTRACT

This is Volume XV in a collection of twenty-two on 20th Century Philosophy. First published in 1966, as a part of the Muirhead library of Philosophy this work consists of selections from three courses of lectures. The first course was given in the academic year 1925-26, the second in 1928-29, and the third in 1933-34. The first two (entitled “ Metaphysics” ) were intended primarily for Part II of the Moral Sciences Tripos; the last (entitled “ Elements of Philosophy” ) for Part I. (The selections from the second course, which are the most extensive, are printed first.)

part I|103 pages

Selections from a Course of Lectures Given in 1928–29

chapter I|9 pages

What is meant by “Nature”?

chapter II|8 pages

Are Materials Things Real

chapter III|24 pages

“Real” and “Imaginary”

chapter IV|9 pages

Do we Know that Material Things are Real?

chapter V|5 pages

Sense-Data and Sense-Qualities

chapter VI|9 pages

Sense-Data, Events and Change

chapter VII|10 pages

Perceptual Continuity

chapter VIII|10 pages

Identity and Places

chapter IX|17 pages

The Representative Theory of Perception

part II|45 pages

Selections From a Course of Lectures Given in 1925–26

chapter I|22 pages

Classes and Incomplete Symbols

chapter II|3 pages

Necessity

chapter III|18 pages

Propositions and Truth

part III|46 pages

Selections from a Course of Lectures Given in 1933–34

chapter I|12 pages

What is Analysis?

chapter II|7 pages

The Justification of Analysis

chapter III|8 pages

Questions of Speculative Philosophy

chapter IV|11 pages

Other Philosophical Questions

chapter V|6 pages

Philosophical Methods