Science And the Human Mind; a Critical And Historical Account of the Development of Natural Knowledge
The book Science And the Human Mind; a Critical And Historical Account of the Development of Natural Knowledge was written by author Dampier, William Cecil Dampier, Sir, 1867-1952 Here you can read free online of Science And the Human Mind; a Critical And Historical Account of the Development of Natural Knowledge book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Science And the Human Mind; a Critical And Historical Account of the Development of Natural Knowledge a good or bad book?
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Since it finds reason and order in nature, then, it may fairly conclude that nature itself is orderly, that perhaps after all, in some faint way, natural law has points of likeness to legal ordinance, and may denote a lawgiver. This is not science, it is metaphysics once more calling on science to witness. But metaphysically the argu- ment has weight ; those who do not wish to see all the wonders of creation concentrated in the human mind may still hold, in the old realistic no less than in the... new conceptual sense, that " the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork." During part of the nineteenth century, the idealistic philosophies of such men as Kant and Hegel stood in sharp contrast with the confident naturalism of those who, like Herbert Spencer, took the impress of the dominant school of scientific thought, and carried it over to metaphysics. THE LATEST STAGE 277 But, as the century drew to a close, the change in science was paralleled by a corresponding change in philosophy.
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