Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: This philosopher's early works were derided as the "perfection of rottenness" by William James, referring particularly to his book Interpretations of Poetry and Religion. He wrote a book on aesthetics which defined beauty as "pleasure regarded as a quality of the thing." He wrote a book on epistemology which argues against Cartesianism and claims that the human belief in matter is unavoidable; that book declares that "philosophy begins in medias res." This philosopher is known for his aphorisms, such as "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." For 10 points, name this Spanish-American philosopher who wrote The Sense of Beauty and Scepticism and Animal Faith.
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Social Science