This 1912 book remains among the most widely-used and well-written introductions to philosophy in English. It was aimed to be an accessible introduction to philosophy for the average shopkeeper in England in 1912. Despite its accessibility It has engaged scholarly philosophical commentators on a range of issues raised in the work. Above all it conveys in easy and witty manner the philosophical frame of mind to those that have never encountered it before. It was almost immediately, and remains today, a classic. This recording is dedicated to Jill Evans, Esq. (Landon D. C. Elkind)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Appearance and Reality
21:38 - Chapter 2
The Existence of Matter
20:44 - Chapter 3
The Nature of Matter
20:09 - Chapter 4
Idealism
18:28 - Chapter 5
Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description
27:53 - Chapter 6
On Induction
20:15 - Chapter 7
On Our Knowledge of General Principles
23:49 - Chapter 8
How A Priori Knowledge is Possible
19:36 - Chapter 9
The World of Universals
21:15 - Chapter 10
On Our Knowledge of Universals
21:05 - Chapter 11
On Intuitive Knowledge
15:38 - Chapter 12
Truth and Falsehood
22:57 - Chapter 13
Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion
20:05 - Chapter 14
The Limits of Philosophical Knowledge
22:07 - Chapter 15
The Value of Philosophy
17:20