The Idea of NatureCollingwood's theory of philosophical method applied to the problem of the philosophy of nature. |
Contents
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19 | 35 |
THE PYTHAGOREANS | 49 |
The Theory of Forms | 55 |
ARISTOTLE | 80 |
THE RENAISSANCE VIEW OF NATURE | 93 |
THE CONCEPT OF LIFE | 133 |
MODERN PHYSICS | 142 |
MODERN COSMOLOGY | 158 |
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activity Alexander Alexander's Anaximander Anaximenes answer apud Diels Aristotle Aristotle's atoms behave behaviour Bergson's biology body called century characteristics conceived conception of matter conception of nature connexion cosmology Cratylus creative Descartes doctrine dualism electrons elements essence eternal objects ether exist explain fact form of thought Galileo Greek gross matter Hegel Hence idea of nature immanent implies infinite intelligible Ionian Ionian school Kant kind Leibniz Lloyd Morgan logical material world mathematical means merely metaphysical modern physics motion movement moving natural science natural world Newton nisus observed organism Parmenides particles pattern philosophical physicist Plato presuppositions principle problem Process and Reality pure Pythagoras Pythagorean question realized regarded relation Renaissance scientific scientists sense Socrates space space-time Spinoza structure subjective idealism substance teleology Thales Theory of Forms theory of matter theory of nature things Timaeus tion transcendent view of nature Whitehead whole word world of nature
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Page 3 - Since the world of nature is a world not only of ceaseless motion and therefore alive, but also a world of orderly or regular motion, they accordingly said that the world of nature is not only alive but intelligent; not only a vast animal with a 'soul' or 'life,' but a rational animal with a 'mind