The Evolution of Knowledge: A Review of Philosophy (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Raymond St. James Perrin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0484021680 ISBN 13: 9780484021685

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Unlock the unity behind all knowledge and see how science, mind, and nature fit together.

This book surveys the chief systems of ancient and modern thought to show how philosophy moves toward a single, comprehensible principle. It argues that knowledge can be coordinated across disciplines to illuminate life and the world, and it explains why this unity matters for both science and religion.

Philosophy is framed as a history of ideas, from the dawn of thinking to the present, focusing on how language, reason, and experience shape our view of reality. Readers will see how major figures and schools—Skepticism, Kant, and German transcendentalism—address the big questions about mind, matter, and the order of nature, and why these topics remain relevant today.

• Understand how language and thought develop together and why explanation often relies on historical comparison.
• See how different disciplines are linked by the idea that motion or change underlies all existence.
• Explore how philosophy can strengthen religious faith by showing the interdependence of mind and nature.
• Trace a long arc from early Greek philosophy through modern debates in epistemology and metaphysics.

Ideal for readers of philosophy, history of ideas, and those curious about how knowledge evolves and how the sciences can be unified to explain life and the universe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0484021680
• ISBN 13: 9780484021685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 334