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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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VII. Religious Insignificance of the Design-Argument in the World of the Powers 283
VIII. The World of the Powers as in itself Necessarily a World of Doubt 286
CHAPTER IX.
The World of the Postulates 291
I. Postulates in Science and Religion 292
II. The General Nature and Use of Postulates 297
III. Postulates in the Notion of the External World 299
IV. Psychological Analysis of the Postulates of Common Life. Beliefs in Relation to the Will 305
V. The Postulates of Science Defined. The Religious Use of the Postulates. Transition to a Higher Point of View 324
CHAPTER X.
Idealism 333
I. The General Nature and Religious Uses of Philosophical Idealism 333
II. Idealism as an Hypothesis founded on Postulates. A Modification of the Berkeleyan Hypothesis stated 337
III. Explanation and Justification of this Hypothesis, as Simple and Fair. Subordination of the Postulate of Causation to other Postulates. Criticism of the Notion of "Possible Experience" 354
IV. Difficulty as to the Nature of Error, and Transition to Absolute Idealism. Religious Consequences anticipated 370
CHAPTER XI.
The Possibility of Error 384
I. Sketch of the History of the Investigation 386
II. The Doctrine of the Total Relativity of Truth and Error 390