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The Problems of Philosophy

Name: The Problems of Philosophy
Author: Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

Read by Leon Mire, Accent, Rich Meyers, Nathalie J., Jim Eastman, Professor Chronotis, ML Cohen, Chris Masterson, Robert Scott and Jacob Miller · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 - Appearance and Reality (17:50)
02 - The Existence of Matter (19:54)
03 - The Nature of Matter (20:00)
04 - Idealism (16:12)
05 - Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description (28:15)
06 - On Induction (16:42)
07 - On Our Knowledge of General Principles (16:56)
08 - How A Priori Knowledge Is Possible (16:07)
09 - The World of Universals (21:04)
10 - On Our Knowledge of Universals (19:46)
11 - On Intuitive Knowledge (20:53)
12 - Truth and Falsehood (17:42)
13 - Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion (21:48)
14 - The Limits of Philosophical Knowledge (21:00)
15 - The Value of Philosophy (16:28)

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