The Philosophy of Evolution: Together With a Preliminary Essay on the Metaphysical Basis of Science; Two Papers Read Before the Wisconsin Academy of ... 1873 and February, 1874 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from The Philosophy of Evolution: Together With a Preliminary Essay on the Metaphysical Basis of Science; Two Papers Read Before the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters at the Annual Meetings of February, 1873 and February, 1874

Science, then, is classification, or the discovery of the prin ciples of classification, rather than an arbitrary acquaintance with things classified. Every science, however, must have an objective expression - that is, must be formulated. In this, both metaphysical and physical science agree; the only differ ence in this respect is, that in Physics, Nature gives us in the first place the material interpretation of the idea -that is.

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