# George IV — The Problems of Philosophy character guide

> George IV in The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0013-xii-truth-and-falsehood

## Who they are

British king used as an example in a logical puzzle.

## In the story

### [On Intuitive Knowledge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_problems_of_philosophy_se/chapters/xi-on-intuitive-knowledge)

Used as an example of fallacious memory: he came to believe he was at the Battle of Waterloo through repeated assertion, not genuine memory.

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