Author	MacDonald, Lauchlin D. author
Title	John Grote [electronic resource] : A Critical Estimate of his Writings / by Lauchlin D. MacDonald
Imprint	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1966
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9239-2
Descript	XXI, 284 p. 1 illus. online resource

An objective of this book is to discuss some of the contributions made by John Grote to philosophy. This work is an extension of a dissertation written for the doctorate at Boston University. The author wishes to acknowledge the invaluable assistance in many places to Professor Peter A. Bertocci and the late Professor Edgar S. Brightman both of whom read the entire manuscript in its original form. Also, the author acknowledges the encouraging interest and support of his wife, Helen, whose many suggestions have improved the writing and without whose assistance this work would not have been accomplished. The author assumes complete responsibility for whatever errors or deficiencies appear in the book. All known writings of Grote are listed and the more important ones analyzed. LAUCHLIN D. MACDONALD CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1. JOHN GROTE'S LIFE i. Sketch of his life John Grote will remain best known by reason of the thought formuยญ lated in the Exploratio Philosophica, or Rough Notes on Modern I ntellectuยญ al Science. To the philosophical world of his own time he was well known as the teacher who ably held the chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Cambridge from r855 until the year of his death, r866, to the Knightbridge Professor, William Whewell whose in succession Philosophy of Science is the subject of at least one chapter of the Exploratio Philosophica. Grote's birthplace was Beckenham in Kent, and the date, May 5, r8r3

I. Introduction -- 1. John Groteโs Life -- 2. Writings -- 3. Statement, and Division, of the Problem -- 4. Survey of Sources and of Previous Work on the Problem -- 5. Transition to Next Chapter -- II. Groteโs View of Phenomenalism -- I. Distinction of Terms: โNoumenon,โ โPhenomenon,โ and โThing in Itselfโ -- 2. What Phenomenalism Means -- 3. Phenomenal Reality -- 4. Two Tests of Phenomenalism -- 5. The Phenomenalist Spirit or Mind -- 6. Summary and Foreword to Next Chapter -- III. Groteโs Interpretation of the Relation of Phenomenalism to Philosophy -- 1. Each is Necessary to the Other -- 2. Consciousness as Active and Passive -- 3. Analysis of Sensation -- 4. Time and Space -- 5. The Relationship of Phenomenalism to Philosophy Further Illustrated -- 6. Relationship Through Contrast -- 7. Mind Provides Unity -- 8. Grote Avoids A Basic Blunder in Behaviorism -- 9. Kantโs Abstraction of Phenomenal Reality from Reason -- 10. Abstracting of Consciousness from Phenomena is Unwarranted -- 11. Historical Recapitulation -- 12. Main Contribution of the Chapter, with Comment -- 13. Transition to Next Chapter -- IV. Philosophy As Consciousness and the Ego -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ferrierโs Treatment of Philosophy and Phenomenalism -- 3. Criticism of Grote and Ferrier on the Basis of Lotzeโs Position -- 4. Meaning of โKnow,โ and โKnow About,โ in Reference to Phenomenal Reality -- 5. Relativity of Knowledge -- 6. Summary of Main Issues -- V. โPhilosophyโ and the Scale of Sensation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Importance of the Scale of Sensation -- 3. Two Kinds of Knowledge โ โHigherโ and โLowerโ -- 4. Hamilton, Mill and Reid Compared -- 5. Descartes and Hamilton -- 6. Proper Use of Certain Terms in Relation to the Scale of Sensation -- 7. Critical Reflection on the Foregoing Chapter -- VI. Phenomenalist Logic and Knowledge -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Groteโs Own Position Revealed Through Criticism of Hamilton and Mill -- 3. Phenomenalism Inadequate For A Perfect Scheme of Knowledge -- 4. Critical Observations and Analyses -- VII. The Introspective Method in Knowledge -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lockeโs Psychology -- 3. Humeโs Rationalism -- 4. Berkeleyโs Subjectivism -- 5. Spencerโs and Morellโs Evolutionism -- 6. Retrospect and Prospect -- VIII. Immediateness and Reflection -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Purpose of the Chapter in Introducing These Terms -- 3. Meaning of Immediateness and Reflection -- 4. Significance of Immediateness and Reflection in Groteโs Philosophy -- 5. Critical Comment -- 6. Relation to the Following Chapter -- IX. Personalism in Groteโs Writings -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Epistemological Monism -- 3. Monistic, Pluralistic, and Theistic Personalism -- 4. Critique of Materialism -- 5. Critical Comment -- 6. Summary and Transition to Next Chapter -- X. Groteโs Idealism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Groteโs Platonism -- 3. Critique of Utilitarianism -- 4. A Critique of Moral Ideals -- 5. Critical Remarks -- 6. Concluding Note to this Chapter -- Conclusion -- 1. Groteโs Position in the History of Philosophy -- 2. Further Critical Comment -- Appendix: An Exposition of the Miscellaneous Writings of John Grote -- I. โOn A Furture Stateโ -- 1. Glorification of body and mind -- 2. Simplicity of style and thought in this article -- 3. Effect of present life on the future -- 4. Manner of individual appearance in a future life is unimportant -- 5. Stress on the importance of both present and future life -- 6. Comment -- II. โOn Glossologyโ -- 1. Concerning terminology -- i. Break in Groteโs projected work on glossology -- ii.โ Phoneโ and โnoemโ -- iii.โ Phonismโ and โnoematismโ -- iv. Ideas of physical โthingsโ -- v. Stomatism -- vi. โHypophonismโ -- 2. The philosophy of language -- i. Four divisions -- ii. โNoematismโ -- iii. โNoematoschematismโ -- iv.โ Phonariumโ -- v. โDianoematismโ -- vi. In extreme cases the modification in noematism is very great -- 3. Criticism of Tooke -- 4. Criticism of Trench -- 5. Comment -- III. โThought vs. Learningโ -- 1. A contrast -- 2. Use of oneโs own mind is of chief importance -- 3. Thought and learning stagnation -- 4. Comment -- IV. โPascal and Montaigneโ -- 1. A brief comparison -- 2. Pascalโs devotion to religion -- 3. Montaigneโs neopaganism -- 4. Pascal on happiness -- 5. Comment -- V. โOn the Dating of Ancient Historyโ -- 1. Dating of events by two methods โ epochal and eponymous -- 2. Dynastical reckoning -- 3. Olympiadic dating -- 4. Dating by lunar months -- 5. Dating originating in Christendom -- 6. Other methods of dating -- 7. Present and future methods of dating -- VI. โOrigin and Meaning of Roman Namesโ -- 1. Significance of โnomen,โ โpraenomen,โ and โcognomenโ -- 2. Criticism of Plutarch -- 3. Change in a Roman name -- 4. Criticism of Varroโs view -- 5. Present-day names based on Roman rather than on Greek -- VII. Conclusion to Miscellaneous Writings -- Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of John Grote -- General Bibliography

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