Essays on Truth and Reality

Essays on Truth and Reality is a collection of philosophical essays written by F. H. Bradley, a prominent British philosopher of the late 19th and early 20th century. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part focusing on the nature of truth and the second part exploring the concept of reality.In the first part, Bradley argues that truth is not a simple correspondence between a statement and reality, but rather a complex relationship between a statement, the mind that makes the statement, and the world that the statement refers to. He also explores the role of coherence and consistency in determining truth, and critiques various theories of truth put forth by other philosophers.In the second part of the book, Bradley delves into the nature of reality, arguing that reality is not a collection of discrete, independent objects, but rather a unified whole that cannot be fully understood through empirical observation alone. He also explores the relationship between appearance and reality, and critiques various theories of reality put forth by other philosophers.Overall, Essays on Truth and Reality is a thought-provoking and challenging work that continues to influence contemporary philosophical debates.1914. Francis Herbert Bradley, English philosopher and absolute idealist, whose Ethical Studies criticized Mill’s utilitarianism and defended an ethics of self-realization, understood as the conquest of the bad self by the good. Bradley’s metaphysical views, akin to those of Hegel, with a special emphasis on the internal relations of the Absolute are developed at length in Appearance and Reality and defended in this volume of Essays on Truth and Reality. Contents: Faith; On Floating Ideas and the Imaginary; On Truth and Practice; On Truth and Copying; On the Ambiguity of Pragmatism; On Professor James’s Meaning of Truth; On Professor James’s Radical Empiricism; On Our Knowledge of Immediate Experience; Consciousness and Experience; On Truth and Coherence; Coherence and Contradiction; On Appearance, Error and Contradiction; Supplementary Notes; A Discussion of Some Problems in Connexion with Mr. Russell’s Doctrine; On Some Aspects of Truth; Some Remarks on Memory and Inference; On Memory and Judgment; What is the Real Julius Caesar? On God and the Absolute: Supplementary Note A. On the Reality and Personality of God; Supplementary Note B. On Our Fear of Death and Desire for Immortality; and On My Real World.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.