The Expository Philosopher

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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