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MR. McKERROW says that his book exhibits “a heterodox metaphysic in relation to some scientific problems”. In other words, he tries to see some old problems from a new point of view—one which is primarily scientific. But he differs from a good many students, in that he knows what to expect from science, and what not to expect. He perhaps under-rates his own acquaintance with scientific theory, in speaking of his knowledge as “very limited, second-hand and ‘popular’”. At any rate, the present volume is evidence that the author is able to handle difficult problems with an adroitness which argues grasp and originality.
Novius Organum: Essays in a New Metaphysic.
By James Clark McKerrow. Pp. ix + 277. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1931.) 9s. net.
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H., J. Novius Organum: Essays in a New Metaphysic . Nature 128, 562 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128562a0
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