Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2011-09-23 Public domain in the USA. 166 Morgan, C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd) 1852 1936 Morgan, C. L. (Conwy Lloyd) Morgan, Conwy Lloyd 16014351 Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Spencer's Philosophy of Science" by C. Lloyd Morgan is a scientific publication that was delivered as a lecture in the early 20th century, specifically in 1913. The book explores the philosophical contributions of Herbert Spencer to the understanding of science and evolution, emphasizing his theories on the unity of knowledge and the principles that govern progress and differentiation in nature. In this work, Morgan examines and critiques Spencer's ideas, particularly his concept of evolution as a universal principle that applies across various fields including biology, psychology, and sociology. He articulates how Spencer viewed the transformation of homogeneous entities into complex forms as a cardinal law of evolution, supported by the assertion that changes yield multiple effects. However, Morgan also identifies limitations in Spencer's framework, especially concerning the treatment of consciousness and cognition as integral components of evolution. He argues for a more comprehensive, scientific interpretation of these higher forms of relatedness, suggesting that without recognizing the distinct types of relationships that arise in complex systems, such as cognition and life itself, a complete understanding of science and its philosophy cannot be achieved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Science -- Philosophy Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 Q Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 146941 2025-08-15T08:57:05.552891 text/html 146899 2011-09-23T15:07:52 text/html 124108 2025-08-15T08:57:11.362866 application/epub+zip 125523 2025-08-15T08:57:08.333916 application/epub+zip 113570 2025-08-15T08:57:07.229915 application/epub+zip 230993 2025-08-15T08:57:13.449866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218002 2025-08-15T08:57:10.689873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209942 2022-09-17T08:02:12.320897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117446 2025-08-15T08:57:05.184910 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 117169 2011-09-23T15:02:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 117185 2011-09-23T15:02:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20465 2025-08-15T08:57:13.576855 application/rdf+xml 11688 2025-08-15T08:57:07.731895 image/jpeg 2842 2025-08-15T08:57:07.478881 image/jpeg 42123 2011-09-23T15:02:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 47901 2011-09-23T15:11:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 42119 2011-09-23T15:02:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 121634 2025-08-15T08:57:05.562907 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia