Nature, Mind and Modern Science

Errol E Harris, Professor of Philosophy in the University of the Witwatersrand.

• PREFACE PART ONE: METHOD AND PLAN OF PROCEDURE I. ARE THERE ETERNAL PROBLEMS IN PHILOSOPHY? II. THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE PART TWO: THE PROBLEM IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY III. THE PROBLEM IN EMBRYO IV. THE PROBLEM EMERGENT V. THE GREEK SOLUTION NATURE, MIND AND MODERN SCIENCE PART THREE: RENAISSANCE CONCEPTIONS OF NATURE AND MIND VI. THE PROBLEM EXPLICIT VII. SUBJECTIVE IDEALISM VIII. THE COLLAPSE OF EMPIRICISM IX. TRANSITION TO THE MODERN VIEW OF MIND PART FOUR: THE MODERN CONCEPTION OF NATURE AND MIND X. THE CONCEPT OF EVOLUTION Section A: Precursors of the Modern Outlook XI. SPINOZA AND LEIBNIZ XII. Hegel Section B: The Persistence of the Renaissance View XIII. ‘IDEALISM’ AND ‘REALISM’ XIV. MODERN EMPIRICISM: THE FIRST PHASE (RUSSELL) XV. MODERN EMPIRICISM: THE SECOND PHASE (SENSE-DATA THEORIES) XVI. MODERN EMPIRICISM: THE THIRD PHASE PAGE (LOGICAL POSITIVISM) XVIII. PHILOSOPHIES OF EVOLUTION XIX. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ORGANISM XX. THE ROAD AHEAD INDEX.