God and Nature
The Second of Two Volumes Based on the Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of Edinburgh in 1919 and 1921

A 1931 discussion of the nature and limits of knowledge, examining the relationship between mind and the conception of a universal truth.

G. K. Stout (Author), A. K. Stout (Edited by)

9781107611672, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 March 2012

394 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg

Originally published in 1952, this book forms the second of two volumes based on the Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1919 and 1921. The first volume, Mind and Matter, was originally published in 1931. The text provides a philosophical discussion of the nature and limits of knowledge, examining the relationship between mind and the conception of a universal truth. Essential to this discussion is the idea of the part as being inconceivable in the absence of a totalising wholeness of being. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in philosophy, psychology and theories of knowledge.

Editorial preface
Memoir J. A. Passmore
List of Stout's works
Book I. Introductory: 1. Ethical neutrality and pragmatism
2. Agnosticism, legitimate and illegitimate
Book II. The Unity of the Universe: 3. The Hegelian doctrine
4. Russell's sceptical theory of knowledge
5. Universals, particulars and possibilities
Book III. Matter and our Knowledge of It: 6. Neo-realism and the Berkeley–Mill theory
7. How are physical objects initially known?
8. External and internal perception
9. Correlation of external data (a) causal relations
10. Correlation of external data (b) non-causal properties of physical objects
11. The status of sensa
Book IV. The Universal Correlation of Mind and Matter: 12. The relation of the mind to its own sensa
13. Mind-stuff theories and monadism
14. The conception of a universal mind
15. Body and mind, and the dependence of finite individuals on a universal mind
Book V. Mind and our Knowledge of It: 16. Our Knowledge of ourselves, other minds and God
17. Cognitive unity as implying the unity of the universe
18. Idealism and the universal mind
19. Unity of interest as implying the unity of the universe
20. Mental conflict and mental dissociation
21. Good, evil and God
Index.

Subject Areas: History of Western philosophy [HPC]