Chapter II: Preface: v

I. THERE IS NO FIRST PRINCIPLE OF CRITICISM ... 1

II. DOGMA AND DOUBT ... 6

III. WAYWARD SCEPTICISM ... 11

IV. DOUBTS ABOUT SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS ... 21

V. DOUBTS ABOUT CHANGE ... 27

VI. ULTIMATE SCEPTICISM ... 33

VII. NOTHING GIVEN EXISTS ... 42

VIII. SOME AUTHORITIES FOR THIS CONCLUSION ... 49

IX. THE DISCOVERY OF ESSENCE ... 67

X. SOME USES OF THIS DISCOVERY ... 77

XI. THE WATERSHED OF CRITICISM ... 99

XII. IDENTITY AND DURATION ATTRIBUTED TO ESSENCES ... 109

XIII. BELIEF IN DEMONSTRATION ... 116

XIV. ESSENCE AND INTUITION ... 125

XV. BELIEF IN EXPERIENCE ... 134

XVI. BELIEF IN THE SELF ... 145

XVII. THE COGNITIVE CLAIMS OF MEMORY ... 150

XVIII. KNOWLEDGE IS FAITH MEDIATED BY SYMBOLS ... 164

XIX. BELIEF IN SUBSTANCE ... 182

XX. ON SOME OBJECTIONS TO BELIEF IN SUBSTANCE ... 192

XXI. SUBLIMATIONS OF ANIMAL FAITH ... 214

XXII. BELIEF IN NATURE ... 233

XXIII. EVIDENCES OF ANIMATION IN NATURE ... 240

XXIV. LITERARY PSYCHOLOGY ... 252

XXV. THE IMPLIED BEING OF TRUTH ... 262

XXVI. DISCERNMENT OF SPIRIT ... 272

XXVII. COMPARISON WITH OTHER CRITICISMS OF KNOWLEDGE ... 289

INDEX