CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I SCIENCE AS A SYMBOL AND A LAW .. . 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 



