Introduction to Systematic Philosophy

Contents 1. Philosophy and the philosopher. Metaphysics I. The Philosophy of Nature 2. The infinite diversity of things qualities and relations in of nature. 3. The gradation of things qualities and relations in respect to their universality and permanence. 4. The primary and secondary qualities. 5. Things and their qualities substance. 6. The atomic theory. 7. Motion. 8. The conservation of mass and motion. 9. The mechanical theory. 10. Space and time. 11. The world's infinity. 12. Mathematics and abstract mechanics as a priori sciences. Appendix note on the nature of probability. 13. A critique of natural science. II. The Philosophy of Mind 14. The distinction between mental states and material things. 15. The existence of other minds than ours. 16. Immortality. 17. Mental causation and conservation. 18. The freedom of the will. 19. The soul and personal identity. 20. A critique of psychology. III. Ontology 21. Introductory. 22. Materialism. 23. Spiritualism. 24. Dualism. 25. The problem of substance. IV. Cosmology 26. Introductory. 27. Pluralism. 28. Singularism. 29. The principle of causation. 30. The causal relation between mind and body. 31. Panpsychism. V. Cosmogony 32. Creation. 33. The doctrine and principles of evolution. 34. Teleology. 35. Conclusion. The Theory of Knowledge I. The nature of Knowledge 36. Introductory. 37. The elements of knowledge. 38. The given or the object of knowledge. 39. The given or the world of facts. 40. Knowledge and the principles of knowledge. II. The Validity of Knowledge 41. The relativity and infinitude of knowledge and its validity. 42. The transcendent element in knowledge and its validity. III. The World as Presupposed by Knowledge 43. The premises of knowledge or rationalism vs. empiricism. 44. The transcendent world or realism vs. idealism. 45. The determination of the given. 46. The principles of reality. 47. The principles of reality (concluded). IV. The Manifold Interpretation of the World 48. The real and the ideal. The Philosophy of Religion 49. The nature and principles of religion. 50. The problems of death evil and sin. 51. A critique of religion. V. Theoretical Ethics 52. The nature of the good. 53. Moral responsibility. VI. Aesthetics 54. The nature of the beautiful. VII. Philosophy as a Science 55. The definition and scope of philosophy. 56. The division of philosophy. 57. The historical development of philosophy. 58. The method of philosophy. 59. The meaning and value philosophy. Appendices 1. A scheme of the history of philosophy. 2. A bibliography of books especially referred to for parallel reading. Index. There are to things that this book is not. First it is not an historical introduction to philosophy. Secondly it is not a handbook of philosophy. It does not give pro and con all the various doctrines held by the great philosophical writers of the past and the leading writers of the present. It does not give an exhaustive bibliography under the different headings but mentions as a rule only those books with whose titles the beginner should get acquainted and in which he will find the best introduction to a further and profounder treatment of the problem in hand. The book presupposes on the part of the reader a general knowledge of natural science psychology and formal logic. 572 pp.…