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100 1 _aMorgan, C. Lloyd
_q(Conwy Lloyd),
_d1852-1936
245 1 0 _aSpencer's Philosophy of Science :
_bThe Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2011-09-23
508 _aE-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
520 _a"Spencer's Philosophy of Science" by C. Lloyd Morgan is a scientific publication that was delivered as a lecture in the early 20th century, specifically in 1913. The book explores the philosophical contributions of Herbert Spencer to the understanding of science and evolution, emphasizing his theories on the unity of knowledge and the principles that govern progress and differentiation in nature. In this work, Morgan examines and critiques Spencer's ideas, particularly his concept of evolution as a universal principle that applies across various fields including biology, psychology, and sociology. He articulates how Spencer viewed the transformation of homogeneous entities into complex forms as a cardinal law of evolution, supported by the assertion that changes yield multiple effects. However, Morgan also identifies limitations in Spencer's framework, especially concerning the treatment of consciousness and cognition as integral components of evolution. He argues for a more comprehensive, scientific interpretation of these higher forms of relatedness, suggesting that without recognizing the distinct types of relationships that arise in complex systems, such as cognition and life itself, a complete understanding of science and its philosophy cannot be achieved. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience -- Philosophy
653 _aSpencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37513
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