Disambiguation evidence for chapter "The Existence of Matter" via surface form
""The Existence of Matter""
As subject (46)
Triples where this entity appears as subject under the
label ""The Existence of Matter"".
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| addressesQuestion | Can we know that an external world exists? ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion | How can common-sense beliefs be philosophically justified? ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion | What is the relation between sense-data and physical objects? ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | radical skepticism about the external world ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | subjective idealism ⓘ |
| author | Bertrand Russell ⓘ |
| contrasts | appearance with reality ⓘ |
| discusses | Berkeleyan idealism ⓘ |
| discusses | arguments against naive realism ⓘ |
| discusses | arguments for the existence of matter ⓘ |
| discusses | common-sense belief in physical objects ⓘ |
| discusses | probabilistic justification of beliefs ⓘ |
| discusses | representative realism ⓘ |
| epistemicMethod | analysis of ordinary beliefs ⓘ |
| epistemicMethod | argument from best explanation of experience ⓘ |
| epistemicStance | fallibilism about knowledge of the external world ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| influences | 20th-century discussions of sense-data ⓘ |
| influences | analytic epistemology of perception ⓘ |
| instanceOf | book chapter ⓘ |
| instanceOf | philosophical text ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | early chapters of "The Problems of Philosophy" ⓘ |
| mainTopic | appearance and reality distinction ⓘ |
| mainTopic | existence of a mind-independent material world ⓘ |
| mainTopic | inference from sense-data to physical objects ⓘ |
| mainTopic | justification of belief in the external world ⓘ |
| mainTopic | sense-data ⓘ |
| mainTopic | skepticism about the external world ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Problems of Philosophy
ⓘ
surface form:
"The Problems of Philosophy"
|
| philosophicalIssue | nature of perceptual knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue | problem of the external world ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue | realism versus idealism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| positionDefended | belief in matter is rationally justifiable though not demonstrable with certainty ⓘ |
| positionDefended | there is a world of physical objects independent of our minds ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfContainingWork | 1912 ⓘ |
| relatedTo | chapter "Appearance and Reality" in "The Problems of Philosophy" ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
chapter "The Existence of Matter"
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
chapter "The Nature of Matter" in "The Problems of Philosophy"
|
| subgenre | epistemology ⓘ |
| subgenre | metaphysics ⓘ |
| supportsView | physical objects are logical constructions out of sense-data ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general educated readers ⓘ |
| targetAudience | students of philosophy ⓘ |
| usesConcept | sense-data as immediate objects of awareness ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | a popular introduction to philosophy ⓘ |