CONTENTS

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[PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION (1918)] XI

[THE THEORY OF FREEDOM]

I[CONSCIOUS HUMAN ACTION]1
II[WHY THE DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE IS FUNDAMENTAL]14
III[THOUGHT AS THE INSTRUMENT OF KNOWLEDGE]24
IV[THE WORLD AS PERCEPT]48
V[OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD]73
VI[HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY]101
VII[ARE THERE LIMITS TO KNOWLEDGE?]109

[THE REALITY OF FREEDOM]

VIII[THE FACTORS OF LIFE]137
IX[THE IDEA OF FREEDOM]146
X[MONISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY]178
XI[WORLD-PURPOSE AND LIFE-PURPOSE (THE DESTINY OF MAN)]190
XII[MORAL IMAGINATION (DARWIN AND MORALITY)]198
XIII[THE VALUE OF LIFE (OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM)]213
XIV[THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE GENUS]250

[ULTIMATE QUESTIONS]

XV[THE CONSEQUENCES OF MONISM]259

[TRUTH AND SCIENCE]

I[PRELIMINARYOBSERVATIONS]277
II[THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF KANT’S THEORY OFKNOWLEDGE]280
III[THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE SINCE KANT]291
IV[THE STARTING-POINTS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE]304
V[KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY]319
VI[THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRESUPPOSITIONS VERSUSFICHTE’S THEORY OF SCIENCE]329
VII[CONCLUDING REMARKS: EPISTEMOLOGICAL]347
VIII[CONCLUDING REMARKS: PRACTICAL]351

[APPENDICES]

I[ADDITION TO REVISED EDITION OF “THE PHILOSOPHY OFFREEDOM” 1918]357
II[REVISED INTRODUCTION TO “THE PHILOSOPHY OFFREEDOM”]368
III[PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION OF “TRUTH ANDSCIENCE”]374
IV[INTRODUCTION TO ORIGINAL EDITION OF “TRUTH ANDSCIENCE”]381