The Approach to Philosophy

Name: The Approach to Philosophy
Author: Perry, Ralph Barton

Perry, Ralph Barton

Philosophy

PERSONALITY, of God, important in understanding of religion, 62;
    essential to religion? 108 ff.

  PERSONS, description of belief in, 62;
    imagination of, 101, 110.

  PESSIMISM, 104, 299, 424.

  PHENOMENALISM, general meaning, 176, 267 (_note_);
    of Berkeley, 272, 275 ff.;
    of Hume, 283;
    various tendencies in, 281.

  PHILOSOPHER, the practical man and the, chap. i;
    the rôle of the, 306, 426.

  PHILOSOPHY, commonly misconceived, 3;
    of the devotee, 13;
    of the man of affairs, 14;
    of the voluptuary, 16;
    of life, its general meaning, 17 ff., 153;
    its relations with poetry, chap. ii, 112;
    lack of, in Shakespeare, 33;
    as expression of personality, 33;
    as premature, 33;
    in poetry of Omar Khayyam, 36;
    in poetry of Wordsworth, 38 ff.;
    in poetry of Dante, 42 ff.;
    difference between philosophy and poetry, 48 ff.;
    in religion, 108 ff.;
    compared with religion, 112;
    true attitude of, toward science, 116;
    sphere of, in relation to science, 117, 395 ff.;
    procedure of, with reference to science, 121, 135, 142, 154, 160;
    human value of, 143, 426 ff.;
    can its problem be divided? 149, 155;
    origin of, 157;
    special problems of, chap. vi, vii;
    and psychology, 216;
    peculiar object of, 308;
    self-criticism in, 319 ff., 325;
    permanence and progress in, 395 ff.;
    contemporary, 398 ff.

  PHYSICAL.
    See CORPOREAL BEING, MATERIALISM, etc.

  PHYSIOLOGY, 246.

  PIETY, description and interpretation of, 72;
    in ethics, 195.

  PLATO, on Protagoras, 167, 269, 270, 298;
    quoted, on Socrates, 170, 192, 194;
    historical preparation for, 324;
    psychology of, 209;
    philosophy of, 306, 318, 326 ff., 382;
    and Aristotle, 333;
    and Spinoza, 318, 335;
    epistemology of, 339;
    ethics of, 342;
    religion of, 346, 391, 393;
    on evil, 352;
    on spirit, 359;
    on reason and perception, 370;
    on the philosopher, 426.

  PLURALISM, general meaning of, 159, 163, 419;
    in ethics, 302, 421 ff.;
    in religion, 304.

  POETRY, relations with philosophy, chap. ii;
    as appreciation, 25;
    virtue of sincerity in, 27;
    the "barbarian" in, 28;
    constructive knowledge in, 30;
    difference between philosophy and, 48 ff.

  POSITIVISM, on relation of philosophy and science, 115, 122;
    general meaning of, 168, 234, 252 ff., 412.

  PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE, of means, 8 ff.;
    of end or purpose, 10 ff.;
    implied in religion, 85, 97;
    philosophy as, 153.

  PRACTICAL MAN, the, and the philosopher, chap. i;
    his failure to understand philosophy, 3;
    his ideal, 14;
    virtually a philosopher, 22.

  PRAGMATISM, 151, 407, 408.

  PRAYER, 103.

  PREDICTION, in science, 130.

  PRESENT DAY, philosophy of the, 398 ff.

  PROTAGORAS, scepticism of, 166, 271;
    subjectivism of, 269;
    ethics of, 298.

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Philosophy

The Approach to Philosophy

Perry, Ralph Barton

Philosophy

PERSONALITY, of God, important in understanding of religion, 62;
    essential to religion? 108 ff.

  PERSONS, description of belief in, 62;
    imagination of, 101, 110.

  PESSIMISM, 104, 299, 424.

  PHENOMENALISM, general meaning, 176, 267 (_note_);
    of Berkeley, 272, 275 ff.;
    of Hume, 283;
    various tendencies in, 281.

  PHILOSOPHER, the practical man and the, chap. i;
    the rôle of the, 306, 426.

  PHILOSOPHY, commonly misconceived, 3;
    of the devotee, 13;
    of the man of affairs, 14;
    of the voluptuary, 16;
    of life, its general meaning, 17 ff., 153;
    its relations with poetry, chap. ii, 112;
    lack of, in Shakespeare, 33;
    as expression of personality, 33;
    as premature, 33;
    in poetry of Omar Khayyam, 36;
    in poetry of Wordsworth, 38 ff.;
    in poetry of Dante, 42 ff.;
    difference between philosophy and poetry, 48 ff.;
    in religion, 108 ff.;
    compared with religion, 112;
    true attitude of, toward science, 116;
    sphere of, in relation to science, 117, 395 ff.;
    procedure of, with reference to science, 121, 135, 142, 154, 160;
    human value of, 143, 426 ff.;
    can its problem be divided? 149, 155;
    origin of, 157;
    special problems of, chap. vi, vii;
    and psychology, 216;
    peculiar object of, 308;
    self-criticism in, 319 ff., 325;
    permanence and progress in, 395 ff.;
    contemporary, 398 ff.

  PHYSICAL.
    See CORPOREAL BEING, MATERIALISM, etc.

  PHYSIOLOGY, 246.

  PIETY, description and interpretation of, 72;
    in ethics, 195.

  PLATO, on Protagoras, 167, 269, 270, 298;
    quoted, on Socrates, 170, 192, 194;
    historical preparation for, 324;
    psychology of, 209;
    philosophy of, 306, 318, 326 ff., 382;
    and Aristotle, 333;
    and Spinoza, 318, 335;
    epistemology of, 339;
    ethics of, 342;
    religion of, 346, 391, 393;
    on evil, 352;
    on spirit, 359;
    on reason and perception, 370;
    on the philosopher, 426.

  PLURALISM, general meaning of, 159, 163, 419;
    in ethics, 302, 421 ff.;
    in religion, 304.

  POETRY, relations with philosophy, chap. ii;
    as appreciation, 25;
    virtue of sincerity in, 27;
    the "barbarian" in, 28;
    constructive knowledge in, 30;
    difference between philosophy and, 48 ff.

  POSITIVISM, on relation of philosophy and science, 115, 122;
    general meaning of, 168, 234, 252 ff., 412.

  PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE, of means, 8 ff.;
    of end or purpose, 10 ff.;
    implied in religion, 85, 97;
    philosophy as, 153.

  PRACTICAL MAN, the, and the philosopher, chap. i;
    his failure to understand philosophy, 3;
    his ideal, 14;
    virtually a philosopher, 22.

  PRAGMATISM, 151, 407, 408.

  PRAYER, 103.

  PREDICTION, in science, 130.

  PRESENT DAY, philosophy of the, 398 ff.

  PROTAGORAS, scepticism of, 166, 271;
    subjectivism of, 269;
    ethics of, 298.

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