Abstract
THE existence of the Aristotelian Society illustrates one of the best features of English philosophical study, its freedom from the tendency, often so strongly marked in continental countries, to organise itself into little schools, each with some master, whose decisions are unquestion able, and his band of unquestioning disciples. The present volume, like its predecessors, is pleasingly marked by the tone of free inquiry and unprejudiced discussion natural to a society in which adherents of the most various philosophical principles attempt to make themselves reciprocally intelligible. The contents of the book include contributions to most departments of philosophy, except that there is no paper dealing directly with ethics. Among the essays concerned with metaphysics the most important are the three in which Dr. Shadworth Hodgson, the Nestor of the society, defends his well-known views on causation, substance, and the nature of the conscious subject of psychology, and the discussion of identity by Mr. G. E. Moore. Of the papers on other subjects perhaps the most attractive is Mr. start's on “Art andi Personality.”Mr. Benek's discussion of the “Aspect Theory of the Relation of Mind to Body”is suggestive, though impaired by the writer's voluntary abstention from metaphysical thoroughness.
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.
New Series. Vol. i. Pp. 239. (London: Williams and Norgate, 1901.)
Enjoying our latest content?
Log in or create an account to continue
- Access the most recent journalism from Nature's award-winning team
- Explore the latest features & opinion covering groundbreaking research
or
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
T., A. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society . Nature 65, 78 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/065078d0
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/065078d0
