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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



habits, 28; justification of moral 

 rules, 115-116; the vagueness of 

 ethical terms, 123, 128; ignoring 

 of scientific methods in ethical 

 research, 154, 259; study of , 173; 

 one moral standard for all, moral 

 education, 224; definition of , 

 244-245; sex problem,. 246-250; 

 problem of ideal and conduct, 250- 

 251; religion of goodness, 253; 

 main facts of , 259; main prob- 

 lems of , 332-333; meaning of 

 some ethical terms, 355 ; definition 

 of , 372; the Conclusions to be 

 the foundation of the moral life, 

 406. 



Nationalism, 341. 



Navigation and astronomy, 8. 



Neurasthenia, 158. 



Nomenclature, scientific, 128-129. 



Nunn, T. P., on the scientific process, 

 147. 



Object, 52; nature and definition of , 

 54-56. 



Observation, 27, 44, 49, 52, 57-79, 88, 

 118, 150, 161,411 ; crude and philo- 

 sophers, 31, 50-51; scientists both 

 observe and generalise, 52; material 

 factors not revealed to the unaided 

 sense and the unassisted reason, 

 57-58; presuppositions for scienti- 

 fic , explanation of shells on. 

 mountains, Herschel on , 59; 

 minute - - and the soil, 60-61; 

 scope of , telepathic theories, 61- 

 62; increased thoroughness in , 

 when little or much is neces- 

 sary, definition of , 77; defence 

 of , 79; scientific closely ap- 

 proaches scientific experiment, 80; 

 domain of , 84; evolution of scien- 

 tific , 85; relation of to hypo- 

 theses, 97; the term includes 

 examination of every class of know- 

 ledge, 256 (see Section XXIII); in 

 we seek for important resem- 

 blances, 256-257; utilisation of the 

 categories, concentration needed, 

 facts of perception as point of 

 departure, 257; should be direct 

 and original, 257-259; lax and 

 rigorous methods of , 258; intro- 

 spection neglected, 258-259; main 

 facts of ethics, 259; accuracy 259- 

 261; initial and scrupulous accu- 

 racy, 259; conditions favouring ac- 

 curacy, 260; minuteness, 261-263; 

 wide, varied, and discriminating , 

 263-265; exhaustive or full , 265- 

 266; quantitative , 267-268; in- 

 struments and experiments, 268- 



269; similarities, 269; relevant and 

 rational , 270; rapidity and re- 

 sourcefulness, 270-272 ; examples 

 of rapid thinkers, 271; conditions 

 favouring resourcefulness, 271-272; 

 Lotze and others on , 272; mal- 

 observations, 273; complex facts 

 regarded as simple, 273-276; simple 

 facts regarded as complex, 276-277 ; 

 environment, 277-279; influence of 

 time and of position, 279-282 ; me- 

 thods for ensuring easy, exhaustive, 

 and impartial , 293-296; cell- 

 making instinct of the hive-bee, 

 320-325; fulness in , 335; delicacy 

 in , 348. 



Pan-human, culture as, 2; thought 

 as , 36. 



Peace, compacts between nations 

 made uniform, 157; friendship 

 among nations and races, 225-226; 

 league of nations, 240-241 ; problem 

 of and war, 241-242/251; com- 

 mon interests between nations, 314. 



Periodic law, 50, 309, 338; collective 

 product, 93. 



Philosophy, presupposes all sciences 

 as highly advanced, 31. 



Phlogiston and combustion, 59-60; 

 positive levity of , 309. 



Physics, 7, 22, 58, 107, 128, 281, 284, 

 288, 307, 345, 346, 360, 365; the 

 three states of matter and tempera- 

 ture, 5-6, 318; unity of natural 

 forces, 17 ; X-rays, cathode rays, 

 Lenard rays, and gamma rays, 18; 

 rainbow, 61; cohesion and repul- 

 sion of particles and masses, 85-86; 

 gravitation, 94; connecting forces, 

 105, 332; electro-magnetic theory 

 of light, 105; reducing gases to 

 liquid and solid state, 105; law 

 of inertia, 106; colours of mother- 

 of-pearl, 107; Wells on dew, 245; 

 list of factors, 278-279; water, 281; 

 freezing water, 309; position of 

 argon and iodine, 309; Boyle's law, 

 327-328; definition of solid, liquid, 

 and gas, 328; specific gravity of 

 liquids, 337; from gases to solids, 

 34A; transition from liquid to 

 gaseous state, penetrating power of 

 rays, 345; solidity of water, 346; 

 ponderable nature of air, 348; va- 

 pour density, solubility, 358; mean 

 velocity of gas molecules, 361; 

 action and reaction, 362; explana- 

 tion of gaseous laws, 366-367; 

 physicist must develop also the life 

 of practice, 382; outline scheme 

 of, 400-401. 



