Problems of Philosophy-Bertrand Russell

Chapter one of The Problems of Philosophy.

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The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell.

Preface.

In the following pages, I have confined myself in the main to those problems of philosophy in regard to which I thought it possible to say something positive and constructive, since merely negative criticism seemed out of place.

For this reason, theory of knowledge occupies a larger space than metaphysics in the present volume, and some topics much discussed by philosophers are treated very briefly, if at all.

I have derived valuable assistance from unpublished writings of G. E. Moore and J. M. Keynes, from the former as regards the relations of sense-data to physical objects, and from the latter as regards probability and induction.

I have also profited greatly by the criticisms and suggestions of Professor Gilbert Murray.

1912.