An edition of The truth of thought
(1916)
The truth of thought
or, Material logic: a short treatise on the initial philosophy, the groundwork necessary for the consistent pursuit of knowledge
by William Poland
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The truth of thought: or, Material logic: a short treatise on the initial philosophy, the groundwork necessary for the consistent pursuit of knowledge
1916, Loyola University Press
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CONTENTS.
Chapter I. The Name and General Scope of the Treatise.
A Distinction — Name and Object of the Treatise — The Initial Philosophy — Spirit of the Inquiry 9
Chapter II. The Question Again Stated.
Subtle Questions — Two Manners of Reply — A Strange Fact — The Older Writers — A Sceptical Tendency — Sources of the Tendency — Matter of the Treatise 14
Chapter III. A Chapter of Discord.
Bacon — Hobbes — Locke — Berkeley — Descartes — Kant — Fichte — Schelling — Hegel — A Summary — Comte and Positivism — What have we to Offer? — Course Outlined . 21
Chapter IV. Consciousness and Evidence.
A Plea for Method — Is the Act of Consciousness Simul- taneous with Thought? — Memory and Personal Identity — Object of Consciousness — Some Leading Facts — The Ground or Motive for the Declarations of Consciousness — Importance of Evidence 43
Chapter V. The Affirmation of an Object That is Not Self.
The Great Question — To be Conscious is to Know — Transit to Non-Self — Example — General Inference 52
Chapter VI. Scepticism.
Dogmatic and Non-Dogmatic Scepticism — Partial Scepticism — Inconsistency — A Practical Consideration — An Advantage Gained — The Work Before Us 56
Chapter VII. The Truth of Thought or Logical Truth.
Truth : Ontological, Logical, Moral — Truth, a Certain Correspondence or Conformity — Logical Truth — Logical Falsity — Logical Truth : in what Mental Act is it Found — The Radical Reason 64
Chapter VIII. Certitude.
Three States of Mind: Ignorance, Doubt, Certitude — Object of Certitude — Three Orders of Ontological Truth : Metaphysical, Physical, Moral — Metaphysical, Physical and Moral Certitude — Objective Certitude — Species and Degrees of Certitude — Certitude : Immediate and Mediate ; Direct and Reflex ; Philosophical — Probability 73
Chapter IX. Means we Possess for Acquiring Knowledge : Perceptive or Knowing Powers. The External Senses.
A Difficulty — Unity of the Human Person — The Outer Senses — The Formal Objects of the Outer Senses — Taste — Smell — Hearing — Sight — Touch 85
Chapter X. Imagination.
Imagination — Imagination and Intellect — External Senses and Imagination — Error in the Judgment — The Normal State — Uses of the Imagination 102
Chapter XI. Intellect and Thought.
The Intellectual Act — The Principle of Unity — Acts of Intellect or Mind — Mediate and Immediate Knowledge — The Idea as a Sign — The Universal Idea: Nominalism, Conceptualism, Realism — Thought 110
Chapter XII. Error.
Error — Error is not Physically Necessary — The Savage and the Sun — Error and the Will — Error arid Opinion — Normal State — Objections Raised — An Idealist Difficulty 129
Chapter XIII. Criterion and Evidence.
The Word, Criterion — Some Answers — Evidence — Descartes and Reid — Objective Truth — The Word, Evidence — Evidence: Immediate and Mediate; Intrinsic and Extrinsic — The Beginnings of Knowledge 145
Chapter XIV. Human Testimony and Belief.
Some Terms: Witness, Testimony, Belief, Authority — Testimony: Divine and Human; Doctrinal and Historical — Witness: Immediate and Mediate— Belief and Life — Dogmatic Testimony — Sensus Communis — Historical Testimony — Conditions Postulated — Argument in Brief — Contemporary Events — Past Events — Oral Tradition — Writing — Monuments — Note 163
Chapter XV. Conclusion.
Summary of Method — The two Extremes and the Middle — What is Evident — A Quiet Process — Sensus Communis 195
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