The Monist, Vol. 3, 1892-1893 : A quarterly magazine by Various
"The Monist, Vol. 3, 1892-1893 : A quarterly magazine" by Various is a philosophical and scientific periodical written in the late 19th century. It gathers essays, discussions, correspondence, and reviews on monism and its implications for science, psychology, mathematics, religion, and culture. Readers encounter debates over chance versus necessity, the relation of mind and matter, education and national thought, and contemporary European intellectual currents. The opening of the volume presents Charles S.
Peirce’s “Man’s Glassy Essence,” which argues for absolute chance and continuity, critiques rigid atomic impenetrability, applies the virial theorem, and proposes a molecular account of protoplasm to bridge physical processes with feeling and habit—casting natural laws as habits of mind and suggesting general ideas can function like shared or “corporate” personalities. Next, E. D. Cope’s “The Future of Thought in America” warns that isolation, conformity to majority opinion, and political timidity threaten intellectual progress, urging stronger ideals, freer criticism, and better leadership in education and the press, with churches serving as imperfect but vital carriers of ideals. Felix L. Oswald’s “Mental Mummies” attributes persistent religious conservatism to hereditary and historical habit, explaining why cultures differ in receptivity to reform. Alfred Binet’s “The Nervous Ganglia of Insects” inaugurates a detailed anatomical program using sections and comparative anatomy, outlining the structure of the prothoracic ganglion (ventral columns, dorsal lobe, connective filaments, crural nerves) to relate neural architecture to locomotor function. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
The Monist, Vol. 3, 1892-1893 : A quarterly magazine
Original Publication
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1892, copyright 1893.
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