INDEX 



349 



Compounds, unstable equilibrium 

 and formation of, 44 



Conation, development of capacity 

 of, 237, 240, 242 



Concepts and their "fields," 17-19; 

 holistic unity of conceptual sys- 

 tem, 244, 246, 247 



Consciousness: the closed system of 

 physical science denied by, 155-7, 

 165, 169; the development of, 236, 

 237-8, 239, 240, 241, 250, 320; 

 the Subject and the Object in, 

 238-40, 292, 307; and the "field" 

 of mind, 253; its freedom and 

 spontaneity, 306, 307, 308, 309, 

 320 



Conservation of energy, law of, and 

 the systems of fife and mind, 163, 

 164, 16S-70, 305 



Co-operation and co-ordination, 

 holistic, 77-84, 105, 214-15, 220, 

 230-32; in the cells, 77-84, 96-7, 

 igi, 230, 320; in variations, 208-9, 

 210, 220; mental processes crude 

 in comparison, 231 



Creation: two views of the creation 

 of the universe, 88-90, 129; an 

 unintelligible sense of the word 

 creation, 128, 131; holistic crea- 

 tion, 137. See Creative Evolution. 



Creative Evolution, 89-96, 128, 137, 

 141, 171, 217, 275, 328; modern 

 belief in, and its implications, 

 9-1 1 ; science and philosophy 

 brought together by, 90-92 ; as 

 structure plus principle, 91, 92; 

 Bergson's system summarised and 

 examined, 92-5; its holistic char- 

 acter, 98, 99, 102, 129-31, 137, 

 141-2, 143, 211, 212-15, 217, 

 321 «., 323, 325, 328, 332, 335, 

 342-3 ; fundamental issues raised 

 by, 132-40; the lower unit always 

 the basis of the next higher, 153-4, 

 169, 175, 178, 331; beyond the 

 scope of Mendelism, 196; the 

 germ-cell theory of Variation, 188, 

 190, 191, 194, 197-205; negative 

 aspect of, 215-16; Naturalism ir- 

 reconcilable with, 329-30; Spirit- 

 ualism irreconcilable with, 330-31, 

 332, 333, 334, 335; discontinuity 

 of its progress, 331-2 ; Monadology 

 and, 332-4; Pluralism and, 334-6; 

 and the idea of a Supreme Whole, 

 341-3 



Creative Evolution (Bergson), 93, 



94, 96 



Creativeness: of mind, 32, 90, 246, 

 250-52, 336; of matter, 55-8, 89- 

 90, 96, 128; of thought, 90; of 

 Holism, loi, 107-8, 128-36, 142-4, 

 178, 181, 221, 222, 273, 304, 305; 

 fundamental issues raised by con- 

 cept of, 132-40; reaches its max- 

 imum in Personality, 275; of Per- 

 sonality, 304-5 



Crowd mind, the, 339-40 



Crystal structure, 38, 45; the lattice 

 pattern, 45; the unit body, 45; 

 process of its growth, 67 



Curves, the pathways of all events 

 in the Space-Time universe, 30, 31 



Cytology, present study of, 63. See 

 Cell. 



Cytoplasm, 65 



Darwin, 6, 11, 23, 185-6, 187 

 Darwinism: a new view-point in re- 

 spect of existing knowledge, 6; 

 the theory of Descent and Nat- 

 ural and Sexual Selection not me- 

 chanical but psychical, 11-16; Hol- 

 ism and, 182-223; the Darwinian 

 theory summarised, 186-8, 192-4, 

 195; Variation, 186, 187, 188, 190, 

 192-4, 218; Natural Selection, 186, 

 187-90, 192, 193, 218, 219; the 

 Neo-Darwinians, 190-2, 194-203, 

 218, 220; co-ordination and co- 

 adaptation of organs and charac- 

 ters not explained by orthodox 

 Darwinism, 208-9; Holistic Selec- 

 tion and Natural Selection, 209-10, 

 211-19 

 De Vries, 53, 63, 189, 194, 196-7 

 Descartes, on the relations of mind 



and body, 161, 163, 170 

 Descent: Darwin's theory of, 11-16, 

 186, 187 {See Darwinism) ; the 

 operation of Radioactivity com- 

 pared to that of Organic Descent, 

 52-3, 54; creative Evolution and, 

 129, 131 

 Determinism, holistic, 308, 310, 311 

 Development and Purpose (Hob- 

 house), 247 

 Dissipation of energy, law of, and 

 the relations of life and mind, 

 163, 164, 165-70 

 Doncaster: Introduction to Study of 

 Cytology, 320 n. 



