The Approach to Philosophy

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

Perry, Ralph Barton

Philosophy

PSYCHOLOGY, of religion, 58, 82;
    inadequate to religion, 82;
    as branch of philosophy, 208 ff., 216;
    as natural science, 213;
    affiliations of, 215;
    limits of, 415.

  PSYCHO-PHYSICAL PARALLELISM, 215, 252.

  PURPOSE, in life, 10 ff.;
    adoption of life-purpose, 17 ff.;
    practical significance of, in the world at large, 20.
    Also see TELEOLOGY, IDEAL, etc.


  QUALITIES, primary and secondary, 254, 274, 277.


  RATIONALISM, general meaning, 168, 416;
    in logic, 180, 184;
    in ethics, 193;
    of eleatics, 310;
    of Spinoza, 311;
    in absolute realism, 339;
    criticism of, 418.

  REALISM, various meanings of term, 173 (_note_);
    meaning of, as theory of knowledge, 172;
    of Parmenides, 308 ff.;
    of Plato and Aristotle, 341;
    of present day, 409 ff.

  REASON, 370.
    See RATIONALISM.

  RELATIVISM, 166, 267 ff.;
    in ethics, 298.

  RELIGION, chaps. iii, iv;
    relation to poetry and philosophy, 49, 52;
    difficulty of defining, 53;
    possibility of defining, 54;
    profitableness of defining, 54;
    true method of defining, 56;
    misconceptions of, 56;
    as possessing the psychological character of belief, 59 ff.;
    degree of, in individuals and moods, 60, 61;
    definition of, as belief in disposition of universe, 64 ff., 82;
    and morality, 73;
    symbolism in, 75;
    prophet and preacher of, 75;
    conveyance of, 76;
    primitive, 77;
    Buddhism, 78;
    the critical or enlightened type of, 80;
    means to be true, 82 ff.;
    implies a practical truth, 85;
    cases of truth and error in, 88 ff.;
    of Baal, 88;
    Greek, 89;
    of Jews, its development, 92;
    Christian, 94;
    definition of cognitive factor in, 97;
    place of imagination in, 80, 97 ff.;
    special functions of imagination in, 101 ff.;
    relation of imagination and truth in, 105;
    philosophy implied in, 108 ff.;
    is personal god essential to, 108;
    compared with philosophy, 112;
    compared with science, 145;
    special philosophical problems of, 199 ff.;
    of naturalism, 263 ff.;
    of subjectivism and spiritualism, 302 ff.;
    of Plato and Aristotle, 346, 393;
    of Stoics and Spinoza, 348, 393;
    philosophy of, in Hegel, 365;
    of absolute idealism, 390 ff.

  RELIGIOUS PHENOMENA, interpretation of, 69 ff.

  REPRESENTATIVE THEORY, of knowledge, 174, 412.

  ROMANTICISM, 361.

  ROUSSEAU, quoted on nature, 64.

  ROYCE, JOSIAH, quoted on absolute idealism, 178, 384, 394.


  SANTAYANA, GEORGE, quoted on poetry 28, 29.

  SCEPTICISM, 166, 267 ff.
    See under POSITIVISM, and AGNOSTICISM.

  SCHELLING, misconception of science, 116.

  SCHOLASTICISM, 333;
    idea of God in, 201.

  SCHOPENHAUER, his panpsychism or voluntarism, 177, 285 ff.;
    universalizes subjectivism, 290;
    mysticism of, 290;
    ethics of, 299;
    religion of, 303.

  SCIENCE.
    Also see under NATURAL SCIENCE, and NORMATIVE SCIENCE.

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Philosophy

The Approach to Philosophy

Perry, Ralph Barton

Philosophy

PSYCHOLOGY, of religion, 58, 82;
    inadequate to religion, 82;
    as branch of philosophy, 208 ff., 216;
    as natural science, 213;
    affiliations of, 215;
    limits of, 415.

  PSYCHO-PHYSICAL PARALLELISM, 215, 252.

  PURPOSE, in life, 10 ff.;
    adoption of life-purpose, 17 ff.;
    practical significance of, in the world at large, 20.
    Also see TELEOLOGY, IDEAL, etc.


  QUALITIES, primary and secondary, 254, 274, 277.


  RATIONALISM, general meaning, 168, 416;
    in logic, 180, 184;
    in ethics, 193;
    of eleatics, 310;
    of Spinoza, 311;
    in absolute realism, 339;
    criticism of, 418.

  REALISM, various meanings of term, 173 (_note_);
    meaning of, as theory of knowledge, 172;
    of Parmenides, 308 ff.;
    of Plato and Aristotle, 341;
    of present day, 409 ff.

  REASON, 370.
    See RATIONALISM.

  RELATIVISM, 166, 267 ff.;
    in ethics, 298.

  RELIGION, chaps. iii, iv;
    relation to poetry and philosophy, 49, 52;
    difficulty of defining, 53;
    possibility of defining, 54;
    profitableness of defining, 54;
    true method of defining, 56;
    misconceptions of, 56;
    as possessing the psychological character of belief, 59 ff.;
    degree of, in individuals and moods, 60, 61;
    definition of, as belief in disposition of universe, 64 ff., 82;
    and morality, 73;
    symbolism in, 75;
    prophet and preacher of, 75;
    conveyance of, 76;
    primitive, 77;
    Buddhism, 78;
    the critical or enlightened type of, 80;
    means to be true, 82 ff.;
    implies a practical truth, 85;
    cases of truth and error in, 88 ff.;
    of Baal, 88;
    Greek, 89;
    of Jews, its development, 92;
    Christian, 94;
    definition of cognitive factor in, 97;
    place of imagination in, 80, 97 ff.;
    special functions of imagination in, 101 ff.;
    relation of imagination and truth in, 105;
    philosophy implied in, 108 ff.;
    is personal god essential to, 108;
    compared with philosophy, 112;
    compared with science, 145;
    special philosophical problems of, 199 ff.;
    of naturalism, 263 ff.;
    of subjectivism and spiritualism, 302 ff.;
    of Plato and Aristotle, 346, 393;
    of Stoics and Spinoza, 348, 393;
    philosophy of, in Hegel, 365;
    of absolute idealism, 390 ff.

  RELIGIOUS PHENOMENA, interpretation of, 69 ff.

  REPRESENTATIVE THEORY, of knowledge, 174, 412.

  ROMANTICISM, 361.

  ROUSSEAU, quoted on nature, 64.

  ROYCE, JOSIAH, quoted on absolute idealism, 178, 384, 394.


  SANTAYANA, GEORGE, quoted on poetry 28, 29.

  SCEPTICISM, 166, 267 ff.
    See under POSITIVISM, and AGNOSTICISM.

  SCHELLING, misconception of science, 116.

  SCHOLASTICISM, 333;
    idea of God in, 201.

  SCHOPENHAUER, his panpsychism or voluntarism, 177, 285 ff.;
    universalizes subjectivism, 290;
    mysticism of, 290;
    ethics of, 299;
    religion of, 303.

  SCIENCE.
    Also see under NATURAL SCIENCE, and NORMATIVE SCIENCE.

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