Foundations of Metaphysics in Science

ERROL E. HARRIS Roy Roberts Professor of Philosophy in the University of Kansas

• INTRODUCTION I. SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY PART I-THE PHYSICAL WORLD II. THE PHYSICAL WORLD III. RELATIVITY IV. THE PRIMORDIAL MATRIXV. THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE VI. MATTER AND ENERGY VII. WHOLENESS AND HIERARCHY PART II-THE REALM OF LIFE VIII. THE RIDDLE OF LIFE IX. BIOCHEMISTRY, NATURAL SELECTION AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE X. ORGANIC ACTIVITY XI. HOMEOSTASIS AND RELEVANT VARIATION XII. EVOLUTION XIII. MECHANISM AND TELEOLOGY XIV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROCESS AND ORGANISM PART III-MENTALITY XV. BODY AND MIND XVI. FEELING XVII. CONSCIOUSNESS XVIII. BEHAVIOUR XIX. PERCEPTION-I PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORIES XX. PERCEPTION-II PSYCHOLOGICAL XXI. INTELLIGENCE PART IV-OUTLINE OF A METAPHYSIC