CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 I 



II THE METAPHYSICAL TENDENCIES OF MODERN 



PHYSICS 32 



III DESCARTES AND His INFLUENCE ON RECENT 



SCIENCE 69 



IV THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD . .. . . 107 

 V THE CLASSICAL AND THE NEW MECHANICS 142 



VI SKEPTICISM AND IDOLATRY IN SCIENCE . . 187 



VII SCIENCE AS THE ARBITER OF ETHICS . .212 



INDEX 263 



