AuthorSpencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
TitleFirst principles
Imprint London : Williams & Norgate, 1910
Edition Popular ed.
Descript 2 v. ; 22 cm

SUMMARY

Proposes to give the overall image of knowledge and doctrine in various fields of science both the physical and abstract ones.


CONTENT

The unknowable: Religion and science -- Ultimate religious ideas -- Ultimate scientific ideas -- The relativity of all knowledge -- the reconciliation -- The knowable: Philosophy defined -- The data of philosophy -- Space, time, matter, motion, and force -- The destructibility of matter -- The continuity of motion -- The persistence of force -- The persistence of relations among forces -- The direction of motion -- The rhythm of motion -- Recapitulation, criticism, and recommencement, -- Evolution and dissolution -- Simple and compound evolution -- The law of evolution -- The interpretation of evolution -- The instability of homogeneous -- The multiplication of effects -- Segregation -- Equilibration -- Dissolution -- Summary and conclusion


SUBJECT

  1. Philosophy
  2. Modern

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Thailand and ASEAN Information Center (6th Floor) : Rarebook Collection[KI] 192 S845F 1910 v.1 LIB USE ONLY
Thailand and ASEAN Information Center (6th Floor) : Rarebook Collection[KI] 192 S845F 1910 v.2 LIB USE ONLY