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Table of Contents

1.

The Present Situation in Philosophy

1

THE ANARCHY OF PHILOSOPHIC SYSTEMS

1

DISCORD IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

6

PHILOSOPHIC PULVERIZATION

65

ESSAYS TOWARD A SOLUTION

67

THE IDEA OF PHILOSOPHY

69

2.

The Three Philosophies

79

A HYPOTHESIS

79

THE THREE PHILOSOPHIC EMPIRES

82

" THE RUSSIANS"

85

" THE EUROPEANS"

89

" THE ANGLO-AMERICANS"

92

SIMILARITIES AND DISSIMILARITIES

98

THE WILL TO UNDERSTAND

107

3.

Philosophy and Society

110

HISTORY AS PHILOSOPHY

110

PHILOSOPHY AS HISTORY

112

AN ATTEMPT AT RECONCILIATION

113

FEATURES OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

115

UNIFICATION

116

" MASSIFICATION"

119

TECHNIFICATION

121

SOME OBJECTIONS AND SOME ANSWERS

123

PHILOSOPHY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

127

A PARADOX

129

THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHIC COMMUNICATION

131

4.

Philosophy Religion, Art, and Science

136

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

136

TWO IDEAS OF RELIGION

138

THE FAILURE OF THE TWO IDEAS

140

TWO TYPES OF PHILOSOPHY

142

THE FUTURE TASKS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

144

PHILOSOPHY AND ART

146

THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART

147

THE BASES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART

149

PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE

153

A FIRST SET OF ARGUMENTS

155

A SECOND SET OF ARGUMENTS

156

THE RELATIONS BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE

159

Notes

169

Index

185

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