Naturalism and Agnosticism The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Aberdeen in the Years 1896 1898
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Verlag:Cambridge Academic
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
18.11.2011
Verlag
Cambridge AcademicSeitenzahl
326
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/1.9 cm
Gewicht
420 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-108-04097-6
James Ward (1843-1925) was Professor of Mental Philosophy and Logic at the University of Cambridge. First published in 1899, this two-volume work consists of his Gifford Lectures, delivered between 1896 and 1898, in which he criticises Naturalism (the belief that all phenomena are governed by the laws of science, and that the supernatural cannot exist), and Agnosticism (the belief that the existence of spiritual phenomena cannot be proved or disproved), in favour of Idealism, in which spiritual and non-material phenomena are central to human experience. The lectures in Volume 1 set Naturalism and Agnosticism within the context of the Mechanical Theory, arguing against its claim that experience can be fully described in terms of mechanical concepts such as motion, energy and force. Exploring the ideas of prominent thinkers such as Newton, Huxley and Spencer, these thought-provoking discussions continue to inform and evoke debate among philosophers and natural scientists.
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