This is Volume XV in a collection of twenty-two on 20th Century Philosophy. First published in 1966, as a part of the Muirhead library of Philosophy this work consists of selections from three courses of lectures. The first course was given in the academic year 1925-26, the second in 1928-29, and the third in 1933-34. The first two (entitled " Metaphysics" ) were intended primarily for Part II of the Moral Sciences Tripos; the last (entitled " Elements of Philosophy" ) for Part I. (The selections from the second course, which are the most extensive, are printed first.)

George Edward Moore, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.

Editor's Preface; Part I Selections from a Course of Lectures Given in 1928-29; Chapter I What is meant by "Nature"?; Chapter II Are Materials Things Real; Chapter III "Real" and "Imaginary"; Chapter IV Do we Know that Material Things are Real?; Chapter V Sense-Data and Sense-Qualities; Chapter VI Sense-Data, Events and Change; Chapter VII Perceptual Continuity; Chapter VIII Identity and Places; Chapter IX The Representative Theory of Perception; Part II Selections From a Course of Lectures Given in 1925-26; Chapter X Classes and Incomplete Symbols; Chapter XI Necessity; Chapter XII Propositions and Truth; Part III Selections from a Course of Lectures Given in 1933-34; Chapter XIII What is Analysis?; Chapter XIV The Justification of Analysis; Chapter XV Questions of Speculative Philosophy; Chapter XVI Other Philosophical Questions; Chapter XVII Philosophical Methods