SOME CONCEPTS OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
by C. D. BROAD, Litt. D.
PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC
by L. WITTGENSTEIN
Introduction by Bertrand Russell.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ' AS IF
by H. VAIHINGER
THE LAWS OF FEELING
by F. PAULHAN
THE HISTORY OF MATERIALISM
by F. A. LANGE
COLOUR-HARMONY
by JAMES WOOD and C. K. OGDEN
THE STATISTICAL METHOD IN ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
by P. SARGANT FLORENCE
THE PRINCIPLES OF CRITICISM
by I. A. RICHARDS


CHAPTER I

EXPLANATION

IN order to understand Bergson it is not necessary to have any
previous acquaintance with philosophy, indeed the less the reader
knows of current metaphysical notions the easier it may perhaps be for
him to adopt the mental attitude required for understanding Bergson.
For Bergson says that the tradition of philosophy is all wrong and
must be broken with: according to his view philosophical knowledge can
only be obtained by "a reversal of the usual work of the