Naturalism and Religion

The fundamental convictions of naturalism, its general tendencies, and the points of view which determine its outlook, are primarily related to that order of facts which forms t...

In attempting to define our attitude to the mechanical theory of life, we have first of all to make sure that we have a right to take up a definite position at all. We should ha...

The consciousness of the ego leads us naturally to the consciousness of freedom. Freedom of the mind is no simple idea; it embraces various contents which bear the relation of s...

Darwinism, which was originally a technical theory of the biological schools, has long since become a veritable tangle of the most diverse problems and opinions, and seems to pr...

The aim of our study has been to define our attitude to naturalism, and to maintain in the teeth of naturalism the validity and freedom of the religious conception of the world....

The world and nature are marvellous in their being, but they are not “divine”! The formula “_natura sive deus_” is a monstrous misuse of the word “_deus_,” if we are to use the...

What is life—not in the spiritual and transcendental sense, but in its physical and physiological aspects? What is this mysterious complex of processes and phenomena, common to...

Let us turn now to the other side. What is opposed to Darwinism in the biological investigations of the experts of to-day is in part simple criticism of the Darwinian position a...

It remains for us to consider what is essentially Darwinian in Darwinism, namely, the theory of natural selection as the determining factor in evolution. For, given the reality...

Naturalism is not of to-day or of yesterday, but is very ancient,—as old, indeed, as philosophy,—as old as human thought and doubt. Indeed, we may say that it almost invariably...

The title of this book, contrasting as it does the naturalistic and the religious interpretation of the world, indicates that the intention of the following pages is, in the fir...

In seeking to define our position in regard to the theory of descent it is most important that we should recognise that, when it is looked into closely, the true problem at issu...

It is a remarkable and in some respects a disquieting fact that whilst rival ecclesiastical parties are engaged in a furious and embittered debate as to the precise shade of rel...

How the Religious and the Naturalistic Outlooks Conflict. Mystery : Dependence : Purpose. The Mystery of Existence Remains Unexplained. Evolution and New Beginnings. The Depende...

The Law of the Conservation of Energy. Criticisms of the Mechanistic Theory of Life. Virchow’s “Caution”. Preyer’s Position. The Position Of Bunge and Other Physiologists. The V...

The Development of Darwinism. Darwinism and Teleology. The Characteristic Features of Darwinism. Various Forms of Darwinism. The Theory of Descent. Haeckel’s Evolutionist Positi...

Naturalistic Attacks on the Autonomy of the Spiritual. The Fundamental Answer. Individual Development. Underivability. Pre-eminence of Consciousness. Creative Power of Conscious...

Feeling, Individuality, Genius, and Mysticism. Feeling. Individuality. Genius. Mysticism. Mind and Spirit. The Human and the Animal Soul. Personality. Parallelism. No Parallelis...