CHAPTER V 



SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 



"Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our 

 spirit follows eternally." LEO ERRERA. 



The Aims of Science and Philosophy Twofold Relation be- 

 tween Science and Philosophy Limitations of the Scientific 

 Account of Things Problems before which Science and 

 Philosophy Meet Origin of Living Creatures upon the 

 Earth The Secret of the Organism An Illustration 

 The Soul and Body Problem A Question Summary. 



THE AIMS OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. 

 In this little book we have emphasized the view 

 of many modern thinkers, that it is the chief 

 business of the experimental sciences, whether 

 physical or psychical, to discover "descriptive 

 formulae by the aid of which the various processes 

 which make up the physical and psychical orders 

 may be depicted and calculated." The aim of 

 science is descriptive formulation; let us ask of 

 the philosophers how their inquiry is related to 

 ours. 



Prof. A. E. Taylor, to whose Elements of 

 Metaphysics I owe a debt of obligation which I 

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