FOREWORD

noticed my mistakes if I had “made
more thorough studies in psychology, At the time of writing, psychology was closely tied to philosophy, focusing on how the human mind experiences and processes reality.
logic, and the theory of knowledge”; Also known as epistemology, this is the branch of philosophy that investigates the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.
and he enumerates forthwith the books
I ought to read to become as wise as
himself: “Mill, John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), an English philosopher who argued that all knowledge comes from sensory experience. Sigwart, Christoph von Sigwart (1830–1904), a German philosopher known for his influential work on the rules of logical thinking. Wundt, Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), a pioneer who helped establish psychology as a science separate from philosophy. Riehl, Alois Riehl (1844–1924), a philosopher who sought to ground philosophy in scientific principles.
Paulsen, Friedrich Paulsen (1846–1908), a German thinker known for his work on ethics and the history of education. B. Erdmann.” Benno Erdmann (1851–1921), a philosopher and logician specialized in the works of Kant. What amused
me especially was this advice from a
man who was so “impressed” with the
way he “understood” Kant Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), the central figure of modern philosophy who argued that we cannot know "things-in-themselves," only how they appear to us. that he
could not even imagine how any man
could have read Kant and yet judge
otherwise than himself. He therefore
indicates to me the exact chapters in
question in Kant’s writings from which
I may be able to obtain an understanding
of Kant as deep and as thorough as
his own.

I have cited here a couple of typical
criticisms of my world of ideas. Though
in themselves unimportant, yet they