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Author: George Stuart Fullerton
ISBN: 978-93-82395-37-9
Publisher: Ruby Press & Co.
First Edition: 2015
Binding: Hard Cover
Category: Philosophy
About the Author:
George Stuart Fullerton (1859–1925) was an American
philosopher and psychologist. He was the host of the first annual meeting of
the American Psychological Association in 1892 at the University of
Pennsylvania, and the APA's fifth president, in 1896. Fullerton was born at
Fatehgarh, India; graduated in 1879 from the University of Pennsylvania and in
1884 from Yale Divinity School; and returned to Pennsylvania to be an
instructor, adjunct professor, and dean of the department of philosophy, dean
of the college, and vice provost of the university. In 1904 he was appointed
professor of philosophy at Columbia University, and served as head of the
department. In 1914, while he was exchange professor at the University of
Vienna, World War I broke out. Fullerton was imprisoned as a civilian enemy
national. He remained imprisoned for four years, until the end of the war, and
conditions were so harsh that he returned to the U.S. with his health
permanently damaged. Nearly an invalid for the last decade of his life, Fullerton
committed suicide at the age of 66.
The book “An Introduction to Philosophy” has
been made as clear and simple as possible- that no unnecessary difficulties may
be placed in the path of those who enter upon the thorny road of philosophical
reflection. This book helps the beginner in philosophy to
get familiarized with some of the terms, names, theories, and even
philosophies. It is a very good point to start from or even to refresh the mind
of those costumed to deal with philosophy. It undertakes — 1. To point
out what the word "philosophy" is made to cover in our universities
and colleges at the present day, and to show why it is given this meaning. 2.
To explain the nature of reflective or philosophical thinking, and to show how
it differs from common thought and from science. 3. To give a general view of
the main problems with which philosophers have felt called upon to deal. 4. To
give an account of some of the more important types of philosophical doctrine
which have arisen out of the consideration of such problems. 5. To indicate the
relation of philosophy to the so-called philosophical sciences, and to the
other sciences. 6. To show, finally, that the study of philosophy is of value to
us all, and to give some practical admonitions on spirit and method.
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