Personalism And the Problems of Philosophy; An Appreciation of the Work of Borden Parker Bowne
Personalism And the Problems of Philosophy; An Appreciation of the Work of Borden Parker Bowne
Eucken, Rudolf, 1846-1926
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The main support of his definition of evolution Ues in his dependence upon the fallacy of the universal. This is the fallacy which vitiates general statements and makes for half-truths. It is a part of the busy- body's statement, "Every one is saying/* when the exact truth is that the busybody is saying. If we can multiply atoms suffi- ciently to make impossible the tracing of any individual atom, and can multiply to an indefinite length the time in which they have to work, we can observe witho...ut wonder any imagined result. The point at issue is further lost in the words with which Spencer covers up the gap from the inor- ganic to the organic, from organic to sentient, from sentient to reasoning being. This is done by employing a word in slightly dijfferent senses, and so the gulf is bridged, linguistically speaking. But never yet hath eye seen nor ear heard how or when one single atom was led across the gulf to become a living soul. 68 PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY Moreover, if we are compelled to assume with Spencer the logical equivalence of cause and effect, the definition has no meaning.
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