Naturalism and Agnosticism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered before the University of Aberdeen in the Years 1896–1898

James Ward

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Naturalism and Agnosticism

The Gifford Lectures Delivered before the University of Aberdeen in the Years 1896–1898

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James Ward

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2012
Print publication year:: 2011
First published in:: 1899
Online ISBN:: 9781139149891
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149891

Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
Subjects:: Philosophy: General Interest, Philosophy of Science, History, Philosophy, History of Ideas and Intellectual History

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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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Naturalism and Agnosticism

The Gifford Lectures Delivered before the University of Aberdeen in the Years 1896–1898

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

PREFACE
pp v-x

Contents
pp xi-xviii

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-2

LECTURE I - INTRODUCTION
pp 3-34

PART I - THE MECHANICAL THEORY
pp 35-36

LECTURE II - ABSTRACT DYNAMICS
pp 37-64

LECTURE III - RELATION OF ABSTRACT DYNAMICS TO ACTUAL PHENOMENA
pp 65-91

LECTURE IV - MOLECULAR MECHANICS: ITS INDIRECTNESS
pp 92-120

LECTURE V - MOLECULAR MECHANICS: IDEALS OF MATTER
pp 121-154

LECTURE VI - THE THEORY OF ENERGY
pp 155-182

PART II - THEORY OF EVOLUTION
pp 183-184

LECTURE VII - MECHANICAL EVOLUTION
pp 185-211

LECTURE VIII - MR. SPENCER'S INTERPRETATION OF EVOLUTION
pp 212-242

LECTURE IX - REFLEXIONS ON MR. SPENCER'S THEORY: HIS TREATMENT OF LIFE AND MIND
pp 243-271

LECTURE X - BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
pp 272-302

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