Rudolf Steiner Archive
A Theory of Knowledge
GA 2
This book first appeared in 1886. In it, Steiner approaches the epistemological question, “How Does One Know?” His point of departure is the more-or-less unexpressed epistemology of Goethe in his scientific writings and elsewhere. This is a good introduction to Goethe's methodology.
This First English Edition was designed by Peter Döblin, and translated by Olin D. Wannamaker.
- Publisher's Notes
- Translator's Preface
- Preface to the New Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- A. Preliminary Questions
- B. Experience
- Definition of the Concept of Experience
- Examination of the Content of Experience
- Correction of an Erroneous Conception of Experience As a Totality
- Reference to the Experience of the Individual Reader
- C. Thought
- Thinking as a Higher Experience within Experience
- Thought and Consciousness
- The Inner Nature of Thought
- D. Knowledge
- Thought and Perception
- Intellect and Reason
- The Act of Cognition
- Cognition and the Ultimate Foundation of Things
- E. The Science of Nature
- F. The Spiritual, or Cultural, Sciences
- G. Conclusion
- Exposition in Brief
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