The foundations of metaphysics in science / by Errol E. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Errol E., author.

Series:

Muirhead library of philosophy.

Metaphysics ; 7.

Library of philosophy.

Muirhead Library of Philosophy : Metaphysics ; VII

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Scientific Philosophy; 1. The Criteria of Science; 2. Empiricism and Atomism; 3. Science and Metaphysics; 4. The task proposed; Part I-The Physical World; II. The Physical World; 1. The Revolution in Physics; 2. Order of Procedure; III. Relativity; 1. Classical Concepts; 2. The special Theory of Relativity; 3. The idea of the field; 4. The General Theory of Relativity; 5. Electrical and magnetic forces; 6. Unification of the physical world

IV. The Primordial Matrix1. The Plenum; 2. Samuel Alexander's Theory; 3. Co-existence and Succession; 4. 'Time is the mind of space'; 5. Organizing Relations; 6. Polyphasic Unity; V. The Expanding Universe; 1. Closure of the Universe; 2. 'That Queer Quantity Infinity'; 3. The 'True Infinite'; 4. Alternative Cosmologies; 5. Eddington and the Constants of Nature; 6. Milne's Kinematic Theory; 7. Interrelatedness; VI. Matter and Energy; 1. Open Questions; 2. The New Theory of Matter; 3. Subject and Object; 4. Probability; 5. The Problem of Continuous Description; 6. Waves and Particles

7. The Principle of Exclusion8. The Atom; VII. Wholeness and Hierarchy; 1. The Unified World; 2. Form and Matter, Order and Chance; 3. Hierarchal Order; 4. Whole and Part; Part II-The Realm of Life; VIII. The Riddle of Life; 1. What is Life?; 2. Crystals; 3. New Levels of Organization; 4. Open Systems; 5. Auturgy; IX. Biochemistry, Natural Selection and the Origin of Life; 1. The Crux of the Problem; 2. Biogenic and Abiogenic Synthesis; 3. Philosophical Implications; X. Organic Activity; 1. The Cell; 2. Growth; 3. Differentiation; 4. Reproduction; 5. Development; 6. Regulation

XI. Homeostasis and Relevant VariationXII. Evolution; 1. Introductory; 2. Neo-Darwinism; 3. The Argument from Improbability; 4. Organismic Control of Mutation; 5. Survival Value; 6. Biocoenosis; 7. Directional Progress; XIII. Mechanism and Teleology; 1. Materialism and Vitalism; 2. Objections to Teleology; 3. Regulation and Design; 4. Organization; 5. Prolepsis; 6. Orthogenesis and Lamarkism; 7. End and Process; XIV. The Philosophy of Process and Organism; 1. Scala Naturae; 2. Organism and Dialetic; Part III-Mentality; XV. Body and Mind; 1. Mind and Consciousness

2. Psycho-physical Continuity3. Sensitivity and Sensibility; 4. Neural-Identity Theory; 5. Intensity of Integration; XVI. Feeling; 1. The 'Critical Pitch' of Organization; 2. Primitive Sentience; 3. Exteroceptive Sensations; 4. Field Organization; 5. Emotion; 6. Feeling and Movement; XVII. Consciousness; 1. Attention as Organizing Agency; 2. Creation of Data; 3. Attention and Activity; 4. Schemata and objects; XVIII. Behaviour; 1. Molar and Molecular; 2. Appearance and Reality; 3. The Structure of Instinctive Behaviour; 4. Purposiveness; 5. Learning; XIX. Perception-I Physiological Theories

1. Perception as Appearance

Notes:

First published 1965 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-85216-8

1-138-87103-6

1-315-83020-5

1-317-85217-6

9781315830209

OCLC:

881416517