The Approach to Philosophy

by Ralph Barton Perry

James, William: Principles of Psychology, Vol. II, Chap. xxviii. (Emphasizes the practical interest underlying science.)

Royce, Josiah: The World and the Individual, Second Series, Man and Nature. (Interpretation of the province of natural science from the stand-point of absolute idealism.)

Pearson, Karl: The Grammar of Science. (The limits of science from the scientific stand-point.)

Clifford, W. K.: Lectures and Essays: On the Aims and Instruments of Scientific Thought; The Philosophy of the Pure Sciences; On the Ethics of Belief.

Huxley, T. H.: Method and Results. (The positivistic position.)

Muensterberg, Hugo: Psychology and Life. (Epistemological limitations of natural science applied to psychology, from idealistic stand-point.)

Fullerton, G. E.: A System of Metaphysics, Part II.

Taylor, A. E.: Elements of Metaphysics, Book III.

CHAPTERS VI AND VII, THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY.

Plato: Dialogues, especially Protagoras and Theaetetus. Translation by Jowett. (The actual genesis of special problems.)