The Realistic Assumptions Of Modern Science Examined Ed By Jm Hodgson

Author : Thomas Martin Herbert
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330149874
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The Realistic Assumptions of Modern Science Examined written by Thomas Martin Herbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Realistic Assumptions of Modern Science Examined Herbert would doubtless have altered had he lived, the treatise has been published as nearly as possible in the form in which he left it. The reader must, however, bear in mind that the manuscript had undergone no final revision for the press by its author. Had this been the case no doubt sundry alterations would have been made, including the recasting of some sections, the erasure of occasional unnecessary repetitions, and the addition of some closing paragraphs which there is proof the author intended to write. The division of the matter into chapters and sections is the work of the editor. The author's aim in the first part of the work is to show that Realism, when followed out to its logical consequences, confutes its claim to represent things as they are, and demonstrates that its assertions can be valid only within the limits of phenomena, or respecting things as they seem. Various Dualistic Theories of Mind and Matter having been examined, the futility of all attempts to explain the connexion between brain-changes and thoughts is pointed out, and the conclusion is arrived at that it is absolutely impossible to combine movements and thoughts into one self-consistent scheme; but that, dealing with the facts of the material world, as physical science deals with them, we can find no trace of, and no room for, any facts of Consciousness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.