CONTENTS OF THE THIKD VOLUME. 



CHAPTEE I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Common-sense and speculation, J}J> Language the instrument of common- 

 sense, 3 ; New terms in philosophy, 4,- Creative and critical eras, 6 ;^ 

 Contrast between philosophical and scientific thought, 8 ; Seen especially 

 in language, 10) The precept of science and that of philosophy,. 12 ; Ex- 

 ternal object common to all ; internal, peculiar to the observing subject, 

 13 ; Outer world in space ; inner world in time, 13 ; Distinction, how- 

 ever, not hard and fast, 15 ; Either language or bodily sensation can 

 furnish a point of union, 15 ; Psycho- physical view of nature, 17 ; Kantian 

 Idealism the antithesis to this, 18 ; Both methods overreach their limit, 



19 ;> Their permanent value, 19 ; Transition to the social point of view, 



20 ;, A characteristic tendency of recent thought, 21 ; Biology and the 

 history of origins, 22 ; Reality added by thought to natural things, 24 ; 

 Twofold aspect of the Real first recognised by Plato, 25 ; Mediaeval 

 philosophy and the modern break with it, 27 ; Community between Kant 

 and Plato, 28 ; Evolution and the power of words, \3jO) The social point 

 of view in history^ 31'.? Application to the history of thought, (33); Differ- 

 ences as well as uniting ideas not to be neglected, 34 \ New point of 

 view required, 34^ Contrast to be dealt with, 34 ; Philosophical con- 

 trasted with scientific method, 35 ) Histories of philosophy, 37 ; Kuno 

 Fischer, 39 ; National and international work in science and philosophy, 

 41 $ Auguste Comte, 43 ; English empiricism, 43 ; Social point of view 

 in France and England, 43,; Absence of the same in Germany, 44; 

 Psychological, metaphysical, and positive interests, 45 ; A new char- 

 acter of philosophical thought in the century, 47 ; The term Criticism 

 as used by Kant, 48 ; Criticism and history, 49 ; Growth and diffusion 



