SOURCE: "Reviews of Books," in The Philosophical Review, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1926, pp. 370-75.

In the following essay, Jordan reviews The Philosophy of "As If," noting the work's significance to philosophical methodology.

This translation of the Philosophy of 'As If' is "based upon the definitive Sixth Edition of the original, revised for the purpose by the author, who himself undertook the task of abbreviating various passages of purely historical interest or otherwise superfluous in an English version. In response to many suggestions, Professor Vaihinger's own account of his Life-work and of the spirit in which The Philosophy of 'As If' was written has been added by way of General Introduction, and this, together with an Analytical Table of Contents and a double Index, should add considerably to the interest and utility of the volume" (Translator's Note). In the Autobiography the author explains that the ideas incorporated in the volume were...