Essays on Truth and Reality (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781432622374)

Essays on Truth and Reality is a collection of philosophical essays written by F. H. Bradley, a prominent British philosopher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book explores the nature of truth and reality, and delves into topics such as metaphysics, logic, and epistemology. Bradley argues that reality is ultimately a unified whole, and that our understanding of it is limited by our perceptions and conceptual frameworks. He also critiques various philosophical positions, including empiricism and idealism, and offers his own unique perspective on these issues. This book is considered a classic in the field of philosophy and is recommended for anyone interested in exploring the nature of truth and reality.1914. Francis Herbert Bradley, English philosopher and absolute idealist, whose Ethical Studies criticized Mill's utilitarianism and defended an ethics of self-realization, understood as the conquest of the bad self by the good. Bradley's metaphysical views, akin to those of Hegel, with a special emphasis on the internal relations of the Absolute are developed at length in Appearance and Reality and defended in this volume of Essays on Truth and Reality. Contents: Faith; On Floating Ideas and the Imaginary; On Truth and Practice; On Truth and Copying; On the Ambiguity of Pragmatism; On Professor James's Meaning of Truth; On Professor James's Radical Empiricism; On Our Knowledge of Immediate Experience; Consciousness and Experience; On Truth and Coherence; Coherence and Contradiction; On Appearance, Error and Contradiction; Supplementary Notes; A Discussion of Some Problems in Connexion with Mr. Russell's Doctrine; On Some Aspects of Truth; Some Remarks on Memory and Inference; On Memory and Judgment; What is the Real Julius Caesar? On God and the Absolute: Supplementary Note A. On the Reality and Personality of God; Supplementary Note B. On Our Fear of Death and Desire for Immortality; and On My Real World.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: F. H. Bradley
ISBN-10: 1432622374
ISBN-13: 9781432622374
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2004
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d