First Principles Of A New System Of Philosophy - Softcover

Herbert Spencer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371737796 ISBN 13: 9780371737798

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

First Principles Of A New System Of Philosophy by Herbert Spencer offers a sweeping, unified account of Evolution as a universal law. It treats evolution as a twofold movement: differentiation and integration, produced by the persistence of force, generative across cosmic, geological, biological, linguistic, social, artistic, scientific, and philosophical domains. The work distinguishes definite, organized complexity from mere disorder and argues that progress arises where heterogeneity increases in a coordinated way through both the multiplication of parts and their consolidation into interdependent wholes. It emphasizes a single, cross-disciplinary methodology that draws evidence from astronomy, geology, embryology, language, sociology, art, science, and philosophy, within a framework that cites ultimate causes—Space, Time, Matter, Motion, and Force—while acknowledging the limits of absolute knowledge. The excerpt also outlines a program to reconcile science and religion as correlative modes of inquiry toward a common, unknowable ground. Part II of the four-part study surveys formal definitions of Evolution, the role of the Unknown Cause, and the philosophical underpinnings of scientific explanation, culminating in discussions of equilibration and ultimate realities.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371737796
• ISBN 13: 9780371737798
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 546