The Muirhead Library of Philosophy was an influential series which published some of the best writings of twentieth century philosophy. The original programme was drawn up by John Muirhead and published in Erdmann's ''History of Philosophy'' in 1890. This statement was published in slightly altered form in subsequent volumes: :"The Muirhead Library of Philosophy was designed as a contribution to the History of Modern Philosophy under the heads: first of Different Schools of Thought —

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, Realist,

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, Intuitivist; secondly of different Subjects —

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

Ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...

Political Philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

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. While much had been done in England in tracing the course of evolution in nature, history, economics, morals and religion, little had been done in tracing the development of thought on these subjects. Yet 'the evolution of opinion is part of the whole evolution'." The Muirhead Library of Philosophy was originally published by

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and continued through to the 1970s. The series has since slipped from view with the waning of the influence of some of the published philosophers. However, the importance of this series can be judged by the list of masterpieces in Frank Magill's ''World Masterpieces of Philosophy in Digest Form'' (1952-75) which included many of the works from this series in its overview of twentieth century philosophy.

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has now re-issued 95 volumes from this series.Muirhead Library of Philosophy (95 volumes)
routledge.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019. Among the authors published were:

Henri Bergson Henri-Louis Bergson (; ; 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the S ...

Max Black Max Black (February 24, 1909 – August 27, 1988) was a Russian-born British-American philosopher who was a leading figure in analytic philosophy in the years after World War II. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosoph ...

Brand Blanshard Percy Brand Blanshard ( ; August 27, 1892 – November 19, 1987) was an American philosopher known primarily for his defense of rationalism and idealism. Biography Brand Blanshard was born August 27, 1892, in Fredericksburg, Ohio. His parent ...

, Bernard Bosanquet,

F. H. Bradley Francis Herbert Bradley (30 January 184618 September 1924) was a British idealist philosopher. His most important work was ''Appearance and Reality'' (1893). Life Bradley was born at Clapham, Surrey, England (now part of the Greater London ar ...

, G. S. Brett,

Ernst Cassirer Ernst Alfred Cassirer ( ; ; July 28, 1874 – April 13, 1945) was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy. Trained within the Neo-Kantian Marburg School, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic ...

Roderick Chisholm Roderick Milton Chisholm ( ; November 27, 1916 – January 19, 1999) was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, value theory, deontology, deontic logic and the philosophy of perception. Richard and ...

, J. N. Findlay,

Axel Hägerström Axel Anders Theodor Hägerström (6 September 1868, Vireda – 7 July 1939, Uppsala) was a Swedish philosopher. Born in Vireda, Jönköping County, Sweden, he was the son of a Church of Sweden pastor. As student at Uppsala University, he gave ...

Nicolai Hartmann Paul Nicolai Hartmann (; 20 February 1882 – 9 October 1950) was a German philosopher. He is regarded as a key representative of critical realism and as one of the most important twentieth-century metaphysicians. Biography Hartmann was born a ...

G. W. F. Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a 19th-century German idealism, German idealist. His influence extends across a wide range of topics from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political phi ...

, R. J. Hirst,

Edmund Husserl Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (; 8 April 1859 – 27 April 1938) was an Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who established the school of Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology. In his early work, he elaborated critiques of histori ...

, A. H. Johnson, Joel Kupperman,

Morris Lazerowitz Morris Lazerowitz (October 22, 1907 – February 25, 1987) was a Polish-born American philosopher and author. Early life and education Born Morris Laizerowitz in Lodz, Poland, his father, Max and eldest sister emigrated to the United States in ...

George Edward Moore George Edward Moore (4 November 1873 – 24 October 1958) was an English philosopher, who with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein and earlier Gottlob Frege was among the initiators of analytic philosophy. He and Russell began de-emphasiz ...

, John Henry Muirhead, H. J. Paton,

H. H. Price Henry Habberley Price (17 May 1899 – 26 November 1984), usually cited as H. H. Price, was a Welsh philosopher, known for his work on the philosophy of perception. He also wrote on parapsychology. Biography Born in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wa ...

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (; 5 September 188817 April 1975; natively Radhakrishna) was an Indian academician, philosopher and statesman who served as the President of India from 1962 to 1967. He previously served as the vice president of ...

Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He had influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic ...

, G. F. Stout, William Marshall Urban, and others. Some of the books in the series were: * Henri Bergson, ''Time and Free Will'' * Brand Blanshard, ''The Nature of Thought'' * Brand Blanshard, ''Reason and Analysis'' * Bernard Bosanquet, ''History of Aesthetic'' * G. S. Brett, ''A History of Psychology'' 3 vols. * H. W. Cassirer, ''Kant's First Critique: An Appraisal of the Permanent Significance of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason'' * Roderick Chisholm, ''Person and Object'' * J. N. Findlay, ''Ascent to the Absolute: Metaphysical Papers and Lectures'' * J. N. Findlay, ''Discipline of the Cave'' * J. N. Findlay, ''Hegel: A Re-Examination'' * J. N. Findlay, ''Language, Mind and Value'' * J. N. Findlay, ''Values and Intentions: A Study in Value-Theory and Philosophy of Mind'' * Axel Hagerstrom, ''Philosophy and Religion'', (1964, translated by Robert T. Sandin) * Nicolai Hartmann, ''Ethics'' * G. W. F. Hegel, ''The Phenomenology of The Mind'' * G. W. F. Hegel, ''The Philosophy of Nature'' * G. W. F. Hegel, ''The Science of Logic'' * R. J. Hirst, ''Problems of Perception'' * Edmund Husserl, ''Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology'' * A. H. Johnson, ''Experiential Realism'' * Joel Kupperman, ''Ethical Knowledge'' * Nicholas Malebranche, ''Dialogues on Metaphysics'' * Wilbur Marshall Urban, ''Language and Reality'' * Wilbur Marshall Urban, ''Valuation'' * G. E. Moore, ''Philosophical Papers'' * G. E. Moore, ''Some Main Problems in Philosophy'' * H. J. Paton, ''The Good Will'' * H. J. Paton, ''Kant's Metaphysic of Experience'' * Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, ''The Principal Upanisads'' * Bertrand Russell, ''Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy'' * G. F. Stout, ''Analytic Psychology''

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