INDEX 



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verse, 27-32, 38, 41, iii, 114, 122, 

 173, 326, 327; Action its inmost 

 nature, 31, 41, Si, 56, 326-7, 328; 

 its creativeness, 55-7, 89, 132 ; 

 Holism fundamental in, 82, 84, 

 97-8, 99, 100, 107, 108, 143, 179, 

 181, 307-8, 319-45; two con- 

 trasted explanations of, 88-90; 

 mechanistic view of, 89, loo, 103 ; 

 Bergson on Duration as its crea- 

 tive principle, 92-3 ; absolutist 

 view of, 100, 102 ; its friendliness, 

 218, 220, 343; the value of mind 

 to, 248-9; transformed by Per- 

 sonality, 277-8, 320; Freedom 

 the rule of, 307-8; Naturalistic 

 view of, 329-30; Idealist view of, 

 330-si, 337; monadic view of, 

 333-4, 339; teleological view of, 

 341-2, 343; the assumption of a 

 Supreme Mind in, 341-2 



Uranium, 41: its conversion into 

 Radium, 42 



Use and routine, and modifications 

 and variations, 203, 204, 206-8, 

 212, 219-20 



Values, or creative Ideals of Holism, 

 107, 144, 221, 241, 243, 259, 305, 

 335, 344-5 



Variation, 141, 192; Darwinian 

 theory of, 186, 187, 188, 189, 

 192-4, 206; Neo-Darwinian theo- 

 ries of, 188, 190-205; the germ- 

 cell theory of, 188, 190, 191, 194, 

 197-205; mechanistic view of, 

 arbitrary and misleading, 190, 

 194-5, 209, 214, 215, 220; the 

 principle of Holism and, 191, 206, 

 209, 210-15, 332, 342-3; Muta- 

 tion theory of, 194, 196-7^ 

 Mendelism, 194, 195-6; possible 

 influence of modifications on the 

 germ-cell, 203-5, 206, 207, 212, 

 219; the natural selection of smaU 

 variations, 205-9 ; environment 

 and, 207, 208, 210, 218, 219; 

 Holistic Selection and, 211^ 212- 

 15; Holism and the repression of 

 variations, 215-16 



VitaUsm, the hypothesis of, criti- 

 cised, 159-61; the theory of 

 Entelechy in, 171-2 



Wallace, A. R., 12 

 War, the Great, 344 



Ward, Professor James, 280-81, 282, 



334, 335 

 Weismann, 14; his germ-cell theory 



of Variation, 190, 191, 194, 197- 

 205 ; his doctrine of germinal iso- 

 lation, 198-9, 201, 202, 203, 219, 

 220 

 Whole, the: the reciprocal influence 

 of the whole and its parts, 77-84, 



107, 122-7, 138-9, 209-10, 214, 

 271, 272-3, 341; fundamental 

 tendency of the universe towards 

 wholes, 82, 84, 97-8, 99, 100, 107, 



108, 143, 179, 181, 307-8, 319-21, 

 326, 329, 335, 337-8, 344-5; 

 the character of wholes, 98, 99, 

 101-2, 103-4, 106-7, 108, 121, 

 122-3, 341; ideal wholes, 98, 

 105-6, 107, 144, 222, 243, 259, 

 305, 311, 312, 313, 314-16, 329, 

 344-5; the whole in absolutist 

 philosophy, 101-2, 103; creative- 

 ness of wholes, loi, 102, 104, 

 128-32, 133-6, 142-4, 221, 222, 

 271, 273, 304; relation of function 

 and structure in wholes, 104, 106, 

 107, 112, 122-4; progressive scale 

 of wholes, 105, 106-7; the con- 

 cept of life and that of the whole, 

 109-10, 160-61 ; wholes and their 

 fields, 110-16, 335, 339, 340; 

 stimulus transformed into free 

 action by, 127, 135-6, 138, 306-7; 

 the whole and the idea of cause, 

 126-7, 135-6, 137, 138; freedom 

 of wholes, 137-8, 306-8, 309-12; 

 individuality of wholes, 139-40, 

 232-3; co-ordination and co- 

 adaptation in wholes, 140-42, 

 208-9, 214-15, 220, 333-4; selec- 

 tivity of wholes, 162-3; the trend 

 towards a greater Whole, 179, 243, 

 293, 315, 316; Personality as the 

 highest whole, 263, 264, 267, 272, 

 ^73, 275, 292, 294, 295, 297, 302, 

 304, 309, 310; psychic wholes, 

 271, 273; monads and wholes, 

 332-4, 335, 339; the nature of 

 the Supreme Whole, 338, 341 ; 

 Nature as a society of wholes, 

 340, 342, 343 



Wholeness: in life^ 77-84, 97; the 

 aim of Personality, 295-6, 297, 

 298, 300, 302-4, 309, 312-13, 

 314-15, 316 



Will, the, 155, 250; selectivity and, 



