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PREFACE This booklet had its origin in a paper on The Influence of Darwjn on the Mental and Moral Sciences, prepared by I request for the Darwin Celebration of the American Philosoph ical Society, April 23, 1909. The paper was not presented at the meeting on account of my necessary absence from the country. Being greatly interested in the subject, how ever, I revised the manuscript on a larger scale, still adhering strictly to the original topic, with the resuIt here set down. The book is still no more than an outline or sketch but1 have endeavored to make the successive points plain and possibly the whole may be found clearer and more effective from its brief and succinct mode of presentation. The subject is very attractive its treatment should also prove useful. The numerous celebrations which the d - ouble anniversary of Charles Darwins birth and the publication of the Origin of Species has inspired, have resulted in many statements of Darwins influence in the Biological science. Of recent publications the following are due to the occasion of this dual anniversary FiJty Years 0 Darwinism, by several authors, papers prepared for the celebration of the Amer. Assn. for the Adv, of Science, New York, Ilolt, rgog Darwinism and M u d m Scieltie, a collection of papers prepared by Cambridge University, the University Press, I g 09 Linnman Society of L o s d o, Darwiw Wallace Celebration, July r, I g 08 Proceedings of the Celebration of the Amer. Philosoph. Society, April 23, 1909 Tht Psychological Review Darwin Number, devoted to Darwins influence on the Humanities, May, xgog, Review Pub. Co., Balti more, Poulton The Centenary of Darwin, Cuurtsrly Review, July, I go9, and Charles Ilarwi z ad t h8 Drigiw of Spetia, addresses, eic., Longmans, 1909. Less expert readers may be referred to the follow It is natural that this should be the point of emphasis. Yet much repetition and some controversy have resulted while the corresponding influence of Darwin and the growth of Dar winism, in the sciences of Mind, the Humanities broadly dcfincd, have been but scantily traced out and recorded. Naturalists are not aware of the extent of it. Personally I find it necessary as never before, to call myself a Darwinian simpiy from having written out in this little volume the relationships of the several branches of humanistic study, as 1 apprehend them, from the point of view of Dar winism. Many things seem to be covered from this point of view as from no other. My favorite doctrines, and those in which my larger books have been in some measure original, seem now, whcn woven together, to have been consciously inspired by the theory of Natural Selection I need only mention Organic Selection, Functional Selection, Social Heredity, Sctcctive Thinking, Experimental Logic, thoroughgoing Naturalism of Method, etc. Such views as these all illustrate or extend the principle of selection as Danvin conceived it-that is, the principle of survival from varied cases-as over against any vitalistic or formal principle, Wherever I have found it ing works expounding Darwinism in reIation to other points of view, especially in biology Conn, The Method of Evolution Headley, Problems of Evol dsfion Plate, Selektiomsprimip Kellogg. Daminism Today Poulton, Essays on Evolrdion, and Charles Dorwienlz and the Theory of Natural Selection Delage, Hkrkditt et les grades P r o b l ...
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This antiquarian book contains James Mark Baldwin's 1909 work, "Darwin and the Humanities". Prepared for the 'Darwin Celebration of the American Philosophical Society', this text was written in the hope that it may serve to stimulate students of anthropology, philosophy, political sciences, and literary criticism through the exploration of Darwinism in the contexts of a diverse range of academic fields. Contents include: "Darwinism and Psychology", "Darwinism and the Social Sciences", "Darwinism and Ethics", "Darwinism and Logic", "Darwinism and Philosophy", and "Darwinism and Religion". A fascinating and comprehensive volume, this book will appeal to a wide range of students, and is recommended for anyone with an interest in Darwinism. James Mark Baldwin (1861 - 1934) was an American Philosopher and psychologist famous for his important contributions to early psychology and evolutionary theory. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.