The Foundations of Metaphysics in Science

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-87103-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

This is Volume VII in a series of seventeen on Metaphysics. Originally published in 1965, The Muirhead Library of Philosophy was designed as a contribution to the History of Modern Philosophy under the heads: first of Different Schools of Thought-Sensationalist, Realist, Idealist, Intuitivist; secondly of different Subjects-Psychology, Ethics, Political Philosophy and Theology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Errol E

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION I. SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY PART I-THE PHYSICAL WORLD II. THE PHYSICAL WORLD III. RELATIVITY IV. THE PRIMORDIAL MATRIXV. THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE VI. MATTER AND ENERGY VII. WHOLENESS AND HIERARCHY PART II-THE REALM OF LIFE VIII. THE RIDDLE OF LIFE IX. BIOCHEMISTRY, NATURAL SELECTION AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE X. ORGANIC ACTIVITY XI. HOMEOSTASIS AND RELEVANT VARIATION XII. EVOLUTION XIII. MECHANISM AND TELEOLOGY XIV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROCESS AND ORGANISM PART III-MENTALITY XV. BODY AND MIND XVI. FEELING XVII. CONSCIOUSNESS XVIII. BEHAVIOUR XIX. PERCEPTION-I PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORIES XX. PERCEPTION-II PSYCHOLOGICAL XXI. INTELLIGENCE PART IV-OUTLINE OF A METAPHYSIC

Über Autor(innen)

ERROL E. HARRIS Roy Roberts Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kansas