The Distinction Between Mind and Its Objects

"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 admitt...