Congress of Arts and Science: Biology. Anthropology. Psychology. Sociology

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Howard Jason Rogers
Houghton, Mifflin, 1906
 

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Página 244 - American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American...
Página 57 - ... and as modern geology has almost banished such views as the excavation of a great valley by a single diluvial wave, so will natural selection, if it be a true principle, banish the belief of the continued creation of new organic beings, or of any great and sudden modification in their structure.
Página 833 - The time will come, nevertheless, when human intelligence will rise to the mastery over property, and define the relations of the state to the property it protects, as well as the obligations and the limits of the rights of its owners. The interests of society are paramount to individual interests, and the two must be brought into just and harmonious relations.
Página 593 - So I say at once that in my humble opinion there is no 'new psychology' worthy of the name. There is nothing but the old psychology which began in Locke's time, plus a little physiology of the brain and senses and theory of evolution, and a few refinements of introspective detail, for the most part without adaptation to the teacher's use. It is only the fundamental conceptions of psychology which are of real value to the teacher; and they, apart from the aforesaid theory of evolution, are very far...
Página 258 - The register of knowledge of fact is called history. Whereof there be two sorts: one called natural history; which is the history of such facts, or effects of nature, as have no dependence on man's will; such as are the histories of metals, plants, animals, regions, and the like. The other, is civil history; which is the history of the voluntary actions of men in commonwealths.
Página 84 - We have seen that the members of the same class, independently of their habits of life, resemble each other in the general plan of their organisation. This resemblance is often expressed by the term "unity of type ;" or by saying that the several parts and organs in the different species of the class are homologous.
Página 416 - Rotation of the Earth," co-authored with Walter Munk. In addition, he is the author of over 100 articles on scientific subjects. Dr. MacDonald is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and thirteen professional and scientific societies.
Página 64 - Structures which are genetically related, in so far as they have a single representative in a common ancestor, may be called homogenous.
Página 191 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
Página 475 - The grand system of the evolution of culture, that is valid for all humanity, is losing much of its plausibility. In place of a simple line of evolution there appear a multiplicity of converging and diverging lines which it is difficult to bring under one system. Instead of uniformity the striking feature seems to be diversity

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