The new idealism

Front matter

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Book One : The Critical Preparations Chapter

I The Old Idealism 1

i The Position 1

ii Epistemology 3

iii Future of Idealism 13

II The New Realism 15

i The Realist Position . 15

ii The Realist Theory of Memory 22

iii The Realist Theory of Relation and Knowledge . 29

^iv The Strength of Realism 36

V Objections 37

III Some Realist Theories of Perception 39

i Professor Broad and the Real Counterpart ... 39

ii Professor Whitehead and the Concept of Nature . 81

iii The Critical Realists 114

rv Antinomies of Space and Time 139

i The Antinomies 139

ii Some Modern Solutions ........ 142

iii The Compact Series Considered 158

V "Space, Time and Deity" 162

i Space-Time 162

ii The Categories 179

iii Quality 191

iv Consciousness 195

V Deity ^ 209

BOOK TWO : RECONSTRUCTION OF IDEALISM 217 VI Space, Time and Consciousness ...,,.. 219

i The Problem 219

ii Consciousness and Space- Time . . . e . . 224

iii Consciousness and the Categories . ^ . . . 232

iv Relativity 243

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Vn Space, Time and Other Consciousnesses . . ^ . 246

i Forms of Consciousness 246

ii Reversible Time Series 247

iii The Fourth Dimension 249

iv Dream Space-Time , . 251

V Personal Perspectives 252

Vni Difficulties and Objections 260

i The Challenge 260

ii The Crux 261

iii Being and Being-known 267

IX Primary Consciousness 274

i The Distinction 274

ii The Naif Confusion 283

iii The Unperceived Reality and the Crucial Relation . 284

X Secondary Consciousness 290

i The Work of Mind 290

ii Relation of Primary and Secondary Consciousness 291

_ _ iii Realism and Idealism 293

XI Ultimate Consciousness 295

i Necessity of Ultimate Consciousness 295

ii Problems of God's Knowing 299

iii The Moral Problem 303

iv Free- Will 305

V Relation of Finite and Ultimate Consciousness . 307

XII Summary 311

i The Unsolved Problems 311

ii Primary and Secondary Consciousness .... 313

iii God 314