The Distinction Between Mind and Its Objects

by Bernard Bosanquet

Overview

"The Distinction between Mind and its Objects," consists in a brilliantly critical examination of the claims of Modern Realism-a twentieth-century philosophical school of thought, "which, whether unsatisfactory or not, is definitely new." Prof. Bosanquet reaches the conclusion that neither Realism nor its antagonist, Mentalism, is satisfactory per se. "What special use or gain," he asks, "is there in saying that knowledge is physical, when you have to subjoin an elaborate explanation admitting into this physical reality all the ignorance, errors, and illusions that the feeblest or most fantastic of minds could be guilty of? Or what gain for mentalism is there in treating knowledge as a part of your mind, when you must say in the same breath that it is only knowledge in virtue of the reality that appears in it? The double nature of knowledge, as the continuity of mind and reality, is the ultimate truth to insist on."

-Nature, Vol. 91

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663552631
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	08/18/2020
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

Bernard Bosanquet FBA (14 June[1] 1848 – 8 February 1923) was an English philosopher and political theorist, and an influential figure on matters of political and social policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work influenced but was later subject to criticism by many thinkers, notably Bertrand Russell, John Dewey and William James. Bernard was the husband of Helen Bosanquet, the leader of the Charity Organisation Society.