The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 philosophical work by Bertrand Russell. It aims to create an easy understanding of philosophical questions presented in the traditional metaphysical philosophy for ordinary readers, touching topics such as reality, the nature and scope of human knowledge, the value of philosophical contemplation and more.

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Preface

I: Appearance and Reality

II: The Existence of Matter

III: The Nature of Matter

IV: Idealism

V: Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description

VI: On Induction

VII: On Our Knowledge of General Principles

VIII: How a Priori Knowledge Is Possible

IX: The World of Universals

X: On Our Knowledge of Universals

XI: On Intuitive Knowledge

XII: Truth and Falsehood

XIII: Knowledge, Error, and Probable Opinion

XIV: The Limits of Philosophical Knowledge

XV: The Value of Philosophy

The Problems of Philosophy

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