PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Those of the papers in this volume, which
have been previously published originally appeared as follows I.
The Refutation of Idealism in Mind, N. S. Vol. xii, 1903. II. The
Nature and Reality of Objects of Perception in Pro ceedings oj the
Aristotelian Society, 1905-6. III. Professor James Pragmatism in
Proceedings of the Aris totelian Society, 1907-8. IV. Humes
Philosophy in The New Quarterly, November, 1909. V. The Status of
Sense-Data in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 1913-14. VI.
The Conception of Reality in Proceedings of the Aristotelian
Society, 1917-18. VII. Some Judgments of Perception in Proceedings
of the Aris totelian Society 1918-19. IX. External and Internal
Relations in Proceedings of the ArisL telian Society, 1919-20.
PREFACE ALL the papers contained in this volume, except the two
ethical ones VIII and X, have been previously published and of tho
e which have been previously published all, except that on External
and Internal Relations IX, are here re-printed without change. They
were written at various dates between 1903 and 1921, and all are
here printed in the order in which they were written, except that
VIII on The Conception of Intrinsic Value, which was written
earlier than VI and VII, has been moved out of its proper place in
order to bring it nearer to IX and X, to both of which it is
closely related in subject. All, except IV and X, were primarily
intended for an audience familiar with the writings of philosophers
but I hope that they may nevertheless prove intelligible even to
those who have read little or no philosophy, since I make little
use of technical terms, and, where I have clone so, have done my
best to explain inordinary language exactly what I mean by them.
The tone of X is . somewhat different from that of the res I,
because it was written as a lecture for the Leicester J
liilossphical Society, with regard to which I was informed that I
must not assume any previous acquaintance with philosophy in most
of the audience. It according bears marks throughout of the kind of
audience for which it was intended. An attentive reader will easily
discover that some of the views expressed in some of the papers are
inconsistent with views expressed in others. The fact is that some
of the views expressed in some of the earlier ones are views with
which I no longer agree and I feel that some apology is needed for
nevertheless republishing them exactly as they stood. In all cases,
except one, my excuse is that the mistaken views in question are so
embedded in the form and substance of the papers in which they
occur, that it would have been impossible to correct them without
practically substituting new papers for the old ones and that, in
spite of these mistakes, the old papers, as they stand, still seem
to me, on the whole, to say things which are worth saying in a form
which, however defective it may viii Preface be, I doubt my own
ability to improve upon. The only case in which I doubt whether
this excuse applies is that of the first paper The Refutation of
Idealism. This paper now appears to me to be very confused, as well
as to embody a good many down-right mistakes so I am doubtful
whether I ought tohave included it. But in this case I have another
excuse namely that it is a paper to which a good many allusions
have been made by contemporary writers on philosophy and I was told
that, for some readers atall events, it would be a convenience that
it should be reprinted along with the rest, if only for the sake of
reference. I said above that the only one of the previously
published papers, in which changes have been made, is IX on
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