Synopsis
The Intuitive Basis of Knowledge: An Epistemological Inquiry, written by N. O. Lossky and originally published in 1919, is a philosophical exploration of the nature of knowledge and how it is acquired. The book delves into the concept of intuition, which is defined as a direct and immediate apprehension of reality that is not based on reasoning or empirical observation. Lossky argues that intuition is the foundation of all knowledge, and that it is through intuition that we are able to grasp the essence of things and gain true understanding.The book is divided into three parts. The first part lays out the basic concepts of intuition and knowledge, and explores the relationship between the two. The second part examines the role of intuition in various fields of knowledge, including mathematics, science, and art. The third part considers the implications of Lossky's theory for philosophy as a whole, and discusses the relationship between intuition and other philosophical concepts such as truth, reality, and consciousness.Overall, The Intuitive Basis of Knowledge is a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of the nature of knowledge and the role of intuition in our understanding of the world. It is a classic work of philosophy that continues to be relevant and influential today.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.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Excerpt from The Intuitive Basis of Knowledge: An Epistemological Inquiry
I yield to the request of my friend Mrs. Duddington that I should write such words of introduction as are needful to the English version of Professor Lossky's work. Yet, in relieving her of that task, I am depriving the reader of what would have been to him far more useful. For she has an intimate acquaintance with the modes of philosophical reflexion that have become prevalent in her native land and could have delineated the intellectual environment in the midst of which her former teachers thought has taken shape and reached its present outlook. I am, however, thus afforded the opportunity of congratulating Mrs. Duddington upon the completion of an arduous and difficult undertaking. This is the first Russian philosophical book that has been translated into English. The translator had, there fore, no precedent to follow in the attempt to give a rendering of the original, which should be as faithful to the sense and as close to the authors mode of expression as was consistent with lucidity and intelligibility. Moreover, Russian philosophical writers of the present day are labouring under a disadvantage similar to that under which the philosophical writers of Germany laboured in Kant's time, - the disadvantage, namely, of having to a large extent to coin their technical terms as they go along.
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