Publisher's Synopsis
CONTENTS
THE THEORY OF FREEDOM
I Conscious Human Action
II Why the Desire for Knowledge Is Fundamental
III Thought as the Instrument of Knowledge
IV The World as Percept
V Our Knowledge of the World
VI Human Individuality
VII Are There Limits to Knowledge?
THE REALITY OF FREEDOM
VIII The Factors of Life
IX The Idea of Freedom
X Monism and the Philosophy of Spiritual Activity
XI World-Purpose and Life-Purpose (The Destiny of Man)
XII Moral Imagination (Darwin and Morality)
XIII The Value of Life (Optimism and Pessimism)
XIV The Individual and the Genus
ULTIMATE QUESTIONS
XV The Consequences of Monism
TRUTH AND SCIENCE
I Preliminary Observations
II The Fundamental Problem of Kant's Theory of Knowledge
III Theory of Knowledge Since Kant
IV The Starting-Points of the Theory of Knowledge
V Knowledge and Reality
VI Theory of Knowledge Without Presuppositions Versus Fichte's Theory of Science
VII Concluding Remarks: Epistemological
VIII Concluding Remarks: Practical
