Introductions to Philosophy : Library of Fundamental Readings (15 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. The Philosophy of Art: The Meaning and Relations of Sculpture, Painting, Poetry and Music/Edward Howard Griggs: Introduction. 1. The expression of human, life in art. 2. The interpretation of human life in art. 3. Primitive source of art. 4. Defining forces behind art: the artist. ...

Vol. II. The Philosophy of Education/Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz: Introduction. 1. Education in its general idea. 2. Education in its special elements. 3. Education in its particular systems. ...

Vol. III. The Philosophy of Ethics: An Analytical Essay/Simon S. Laurie: Introduction. 1. Attempt to separate the essential characteristic of the so-called \'Conscience\' or \'Moral Sense\'. 2. Is the feeling of complacency or displacency a discriminator of rightness in acts? 3. Explanation of the sense in which the phrase \'Happiness of Man\' is used in this essay. 4. What is the criterion of the right and wrong in subjective or intransitive acts? ...

Vol. IV: The Philosophy of History: An Introduction/W.H. Waish: Preface. 1. What is philosophy of History? 2. History and the sciences. 3. Historical explanation. 4. Truth and fact in history. ...

Vol. V. Philosophy of Law/Josef Kohler: 1. The philosophy of law and its significance. 2. The development of culture. 3. Culture and law. 4. Legal order and peaceable regulation. ...

Vol. VI. Rudolf Eucken\'s Philosophy of Life/W.R. Boyce Gibson: 1. Introductory. 2. Eucken\'s views on the relation of philosophy to history. 3. Eucken\'s philosophy of history (continued). 4. Eucken\'s criticism of naturalism. ...

Vol. VII. The Philosophy of Literature/Conde B. Pallen: 1. Thesis: the Catholicity of literature. 2. Science: theology, the light of literature. 3. Art: the sensible expression of unity by variety. ...

Vol. VIII. The Philosophy of Language: And the Science of Poetry/Hudson Maxim: Introduction. 1. Foundation principles. 2. The evolution of analogical speech. 3. What is poetry? 4. What poetry is not. ...

Vol. IX. The Philosophy of Mathematics/James Byrnie Shaw: 1. Meaning of the philosophy of mathematics. 2. Number and the Arithmetization of mathematics. 3. Space and the Geometrization of mathematics. 4. Arrangements and mathematics tactic. ...

Vol. X. The Philosophy of the Mind/James Douglas: I: 1. Speculative opinions. II: 1. Perception. 2. Memory and suggestion. 3. The train of thought. 4. Reasoning and logic. ...

Vol. XI. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain/William Pole: 1. Introduction. 2. The Phenomena of sound in general. 3. Special characteristics of musical sounds. ...

Vol. XII. The Philosophy of Mysticism/Edward Ingram Watkin: 1. Introduction. 2. The divine immanence. 3. Unity of God. 4. The transcendence of God. ...

Vol. XIII. A Philosophy of Religion/A. Campbell Garnett: Introduction. 1. Analysis. 2. Interpretation of practice. 3. Interpretation of theory. ...

Vol. XIV. The Philosophy of Science: An Introduction/Stephen Toulmin: Preface. 1. Introductory. 2. Discovery. 3. Laws of nature. 4. Theories and maps. ...

Vol. XV. Philosophy of Scientific Method/John Stuart Mill: Preface. Introduction. 1. Of names and propositions. 2. Of reasoning. 3. Of induction. 4. Of operations subsidiary to induction. ...

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