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Contents

• I Appearance and Reality . . 9
• II The Existence of Matter . . 26
• III The Nature of Matter . . . 42
• IV Idealism . . . . . . 58
• V Knowledge by Acquaintance and
  Knowledge by Description . . 72
• VI On Induction . . . . . 93
• VII On Our Knowledge of General
  Principles . . . . . 109
• VIII How a Priori Knowledge is Possible 127
• IX The World of Universals . . 142
• X On Our Knowledge of Universals . 158
• XI On Intuitive Knowledge . . . 174

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• XII Truth and Falsehood . . . 186
• XIII Knowledge, Error, and Probable
  Opinion . . . . . 204
• XIV The Limits of Philosophical Know-
  ledge . . . . . . . 220
• XV The Value of Philosophy . . 237
• Bibliographical Note . . . 251
• Index . . . . . . 253