Errol E Harris

The Foundations of Metaphysics in Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781138871038
• ISBN-10: 1138871036
• Artikelnr.: 42834635

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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