| 9 | Foreword |
| Topic 1. | |
| PHILOSOPHY, ITS SUBJECT AND ROLE IN THE SOCIETY | |
| 16 | 1. Philosophy as a Science |
| 20 | 2. Basic Question of Philosophy |
| 25 | 3. Concept of Method. Dialectics and Metaphysics as Opposite Philosophical Methods |
| 28 | 4. The Subject-Matter of Marxist-Leninist Philosophy |
| 30 | 5. Partisan Nature of Philosophy |
| Topic 2. | |
| THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AS A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE BETWEEN MATERIALISM AND IDEALISM | |
| 35 | 1. The Origins of Materialism and Idealism, Their Constant Struggle |
| 38 | 2. The Struggle Between Materialism and Idealism in the Slave-Holding Society |
| 49 | 3. The Struggle Between Materialism and Idealism in Medieval Philosophy |
| 61 | 4. Materialism in the Epoch of Ascendant Capitalism, and Its Struggle Against Religion and Idealism |
| 70 | 5. Classical German Philosophy of the Late 18th and the First Half of the 19th Century |
| 75 | 6. The Philosophy of the Russian Revolutionary Democrats of the 19th Century |
| Topic 3. | |
| THE EMERGENCE OF THE MARXIST- LENINIST PHILOSOPHY AND THE MAIN STAGES OF ITS DEVELOPMENT | |
| 1. Prerequisites for the Emergence of the Marxist Philosophy | |
| 79 | [introduction.] |
| 80 | a) Socio-economic conditions |
| 81 | b) Natural-science prerequisites |
| 86 | c) Theoretical prerequisites |
| 88 | 2. The Essence of the Revolution in Philosophy Carried Out by Marx and Engels |
| 91 | 3. The Creative Nature of the Marxist Philosophy |
| Topic 4. | |
| MATTER AND THE FORMS OF ITS EXISTENCE | |
| 97 | [introduction.] |
| 97 | 1. What Is Matter? |
| 103 | 2. Motion as the Mode of Existence of Matter |
| 107 | 3. Space and Time as Forms of the Existence of Matter in Motion |
| 111 | 4. The Material Unity of the World |
| Topic 5. | |
| CONSCIOUSNESS, ITS ORIGIN AND ESSENCE | |
| 114 | [introduction.] |
| 114 | 1. Pre-Marxian Concepts of Consciousness |
| 116 | 2. Consciousness as the Highest Form of Reflection |
| 121 | 3. The Emergence of Consciousness |
| 127 | 4. The Essence of Consciousness |
| 131 | 5. The Unity of Consciousness and Language |
| Topic 6. | |
| DIALECTICS AS A DOCTRINE OF UNIVERSAL CONNECTION AND DEVELOPMENT | |
| 136 | 1. Materialist Dialectics as a Science |
| 2. The Basic Principles of Dialectics | |
| 142 | [introduction.] |
| 142 | a) The principle of universal connection. Connection and interaction |
| 146 | b) The principle of development |
| 150 | 3. Materialist Dialectics as a Universal Method of Cognition and Transformation of Reality |
| Topic 7. | |
| THE LAWS OF MATERIALIST DIALECTICS | |
| 160 | [introduction.] |
| 160 | 1. The Law of Unity and Struggle of Opposites |
| 171 | 2. The Law of the Transformation of Quantity into Quality |
| 180 | 3. The Law of Negation of the Negation |
| Topic 8. | |
| THE CATEGORIES OF MATERIALIST DIALECTICS | |
| 191 | [introduction.] |
| 192 | 1. Individual, Specific and General (Universal) |
| 196 | 2. Content and Form |
| 203 | 3. Essence and Appearance |
| 208 | 4. Cause and Effect |
| 213 | 5. Necessity and Chance |
| 219 | 6. Possibility and Reality |
| Topic 9. | |
| THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE OF DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM | |
| 224 | 1. Cognition as a Process of Reflection of Reality in Human Consciousness |
| 226 | 2. The Dialectics of Cognition |
| 234 | 3. The Marxist-Leninist Doctrine of Truth |
| 239 | 4. The Role of Practice in Cognition |
| Topic 10. | |
| THE METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC COGNITION | |
| 242 | 1. The System of Methods of Scientific Cognition |
| 248 | 2. Empirical Methods of Cognition |
| 253 | 3. Theoretical Methods of Cognition |
| 274 | CONCLUSION |
| 278 | PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS IN COMMON USE |
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