History of Scientific Ideas, Tom 2

J. W. Parker, 1858

Definitions of Life	2

Not merely mutually Cause and Effect	3

Notion of End not derived from Facts	4

This notion has regulated Physiology	5

Notion of Design comes from within	6

Design not understood by Savages Design opposed to Morphology	7

Impression of Design when fresh	9

Acknowledgement of an End by adverse Phy siologists	10

ATTEMPTS TO FORM IDEAS OF SEPARATE VITAL FORCES continued VOLUNTARY MOTION	222

Progressive knowledge of it 3 Nervous Fluid not electric 4 Irritability Glisson 5 Haller	223

Contractility 7 Organic Sensibility and Contractility not se parable 8 Improperly described by Bichat 9 Brown	228

Contractility a peculiar Power II Cuviers view 12 Elementary contractile Action 13 Strength of Muscular Fibre 14 Sensations become Perceptions	232

By means of Ideas 16 And lead to Muscular Actions 17 Volition comes between Perception and Action 18 Transition to Psychology	234

A center is introduced 20 The central consciousness may be obscure 21 Reflex Muscular Action 22 Instinct	236

Difficulty of conceiving Instinct 24 Instinct opposed to Insight	238

BOOK X	255

This included in the Notion of Disease 12 It belongs to organized Creatures only	12

The term Final Cause	13

ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF	15

Expressions of physiological Ends	16

Attempts to conceive the Process of Generation Art 16 Reproduction figuratively used for Generation 17 Nutrition different from	17

Generation	18

Generations successively included	19

OF THE IDEA OF SUBSTANCE 29	29

Note on Sir W Hamiltons objections	37

THE ATOMIC THEORY 48	48

Transition to Palætiology	58

EXPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SYMMETRY	67

APPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SYMMETRY	73

SPECULATIONS FOUNDED UPON THE SYMMETRY	80

THE IDEA OF LIKENESS AS GOVERNING THE	95

THE METHODS OF NATURAL HISTORY	108

The Plan of the System	114

Gradation of Groups	130

Diagnosis	136

OF THE IDEA OF NATURAL AFFINITY	159

BOOK IX	167

SUCCESSIVE BIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES	174

ATTEMPTS TO FORM IDEAS OF SEPARATE VITAL	203

Attempts to conceive the Forces of Assimilation	210

Preexistence of Germs 21 Difficulty of this view 22 Communication of Vital Forces	218

CHAP I OF PALETIOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN GENERAL 257	257

Phenomenal Geography of Plants and Animals	268

Phenomenal Glossology	269

The Study of Phenomena leads to Theory	271

No sound Theory without Etiology	272

IO Causes in Palætiology II Various kinds of Cause	274

In Geology 14 In the Geography of Plants and Animals	279

In Languages	280

Construction of Theories	281

OF THE DOCTRINE OF CATASTROPHES AND THE DOCTRINE OF UNIFORMITY	284

Doctrine of Uniformity	286

Is Uniformity probable a priori? 4 Cycle of Uniformity indefinite	288

Uniformitarian Arguments are Negative only	289

Uniformity in the Organic World	292

Origin of the present Organic World	293

Nebular Origin of the Solar System	294

Origin of Languages	295

No Natural Origin discoverable	296

OF THE RELATION OF TRADITION TO PALE TIOLOGY	297

Connexion of Tradition and Science 3 Natural and Providential History of the World	298

The Sacred Narrative	300

Difficulties in interpreting the Sacred Narra tive	301

Such Difficulties inevitable	302

Science tells us nothing concerning Creation	303

Description of Palætiology 2 Its Members 3 Other Members 4 Connexion of the whole subject 5 We shall take Material Sciences only 6 But these are ...	307

Tytuł	History of Scientific Ideas, Tom 2 History of Scientific Ideas, William Whewell Tom 2 z History of Scientific Ideas: Being the First Part of The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, William Whewell
Autor	William Whewell
Wydanie	3
Wydawca	J. W. Parker, 1858
W formie oryginalnej	Uniwersytet Michigan
W formie cyfrowej	24 Mar 2009

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