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Chapter III: Introduction: Sect

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I Division of Philosophies into Ideal and
Substantial--Substantial subdivided into Mental and
Material--Berkeley's philosophy a Mental Substantialism 1

II Ontological principles essential to logical
theory--Mind consists of (at least) Self and a Plastic
Substance--Functions of each--Perception of Inorganic
things discussed--Berkeley's view on this point
rejected--Body to be considered an apparatus of Perception 4

III Current Metaphysic is Ideal and therefore
incoherent--Substantial alone has a connecting
principle--Importance of Categories in Substantialism--Its
doctrine of Reason totally different from the Academic 8

INTELLECT

IV Origin of Intellect--Its use--Difference
between Sentimental and Intellectual
consciousness--Intellect not the governing intelligence
of Man--Moral education the most important 11

V Truth, its various meanings--Veracity--Correct
Ideation--Correct Inference--No absolute standard of
Truth--_Nisi utile est, quod novimus, stulta est
Sapentia_--Schopenhauer on the function of Intellect 14

VI Standard of Truth relating to Bodily welfare
different from that relating to Mental welfare--Realism
the theory of Perception under the former standard--Its
main dogmas--Cause why it is superseded--Superstition
of One Truth--Realism and Substantialism both true and
yet contradictory 18

PERCEPTION

VII Defined, according to Substantial
principles--Noumenon--Subject--Object--Sentiment
not excited by Objects, but Objects accompany
Sentiments--Subject not passive in
Perception--ATTENTION--Kant's opinion on the
inconceivability of Noumena refuted--Difficulty of
overcoming Realistic prejudices--Science of little use
in Philosophy 23

IDEAS

VIII How produced--Hume's notion untenable--No
innate Ideas--but Sentiment is innate--Division of
Ideas into Particular, General, and Imaginary 27

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