Fundamental Problems: The Method of Philosophy as a Systematic Arrangement of Knowledge (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Paul Carus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330594339 ISBN 13: 9781330594339

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book lucidly explores the historical development of philosophical thought, delving into the fundamental problems that humans have pondered since time immemorial. The author's approach is rooted in the teachings of Immanuel Kant, acknowledging that all knowledge originates from experience. However, the book challenges the limitations of pure sensory experience, asserting that reason plays a vital role in shaping our understanding of the world. The author skillfully weaves together a tapestry of ideas, encompassing the evolution of mathematical and logical concepts, the nature of causality, the relationship between form and matter, and the conundrum of free will. By unraveling these complex threads, the book offers profound insights into the nature of reality and our place within it, leaving readers with a renewed appreciation for the power of critical thinking and intellectual inquiry.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Carus sought, as a philosopher, to reconcile the spiritual with scientific and to bring a certain rigor to thinking regarding philosophy itself: he saw it as "the science of sciences" and advocated a rational, not an emotional, approach.

Here, in this 1891 work, he endeavors to address some of the basic problems that have haunted philosophers since time immemorial from this new direction, exploring ideas about sensation and memory, causality, nature, the knowable and the unknowable, idealism and realism, and many others.

Collected from essays published in The Open Court, the magazine of philosophy and religion Carus edited for many years, this is vital reading for anyone eager to understand the state of modern philosophy.

American philosopher and theologian PAUL CARUS (1852-1919) also wrote The Religion of Science (1893), The Gospel of Buddha (1894), and The History of the Devil (1900).

About the Author

American philosopher and theologian PAUL CARUS (1852-1919) also wrote The Religion of Science (1893), The Gospel of Buddha (1894), and The History of the Devil (1900).

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330594339
• ISBN 13: 9781330594339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 390