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SCIENCE. 



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object of the Association as ' the promotion 

 of the interests of philosophy in all its 

 branches, and more particularly the en- 

 couragement of original work among its 

 members. ' The relation of the Association 

 to the previously established Western 

 Philosophical Association was referred to 

 the executive committee to report at the 

 next meeting. The next meeting will be 

 held in Convocation Week in Washington 

 in affiliation with the other societies, part 

 of the time, probably, in joint session with 

 the Psychological Association. The offi- 

 cers for the ensuing year are president, 

 Professor A. T. Ormond (Princeton), 

 vice-president. Professor, A. Meiklejohn 

 (Brown), secretary-treasurer, Professor H. 

 N. Gardiner (Smith), and the other mem- 

 bers of the executive committee. Professors 

 A. C. Armstrong (Wesleyan), J. G. Hib- 

 ben (Princeton), W. Caldwell (Northwest- 

 ern) and D. Irons (Bryn Mawr). The 

 following is the list of papers read at the 

 recent meeting: 



Monday, March 31. 

 10 A.M. 



' Poetry and Philosophy ' : Dr. Kalph Barton 

 Peeet. 



' Recent Criticism of the Philosophy of T. H. 

 Green ' : Professor William Caldwell. 



' The JSsthetie Element in Huntan Nature ' : 

 Professor E. Hekshey Sneath. 

 2 P.M. 



' Address of Welcome ' : President Nicholas 

 Murray Butler. 



' The Functional Theory of the Distinction 

 between the Psychical and Physical ' : Professor 

 H. Heath Bawden. 



' The Atomic Self ' : Professor George Stuart 



FULLERTON". 



8 P.M. 



Address of the President. Subject, ' The Pur- 

 poses of a Philosophical Association ' : Professor 

 James Edwin Creighton. 



Discussion on the Address: President Francis 

 L. Patton. 



Tuesday, April 1. 

 10 A.M. 

 'The Concept of the Negative': Dr. W. H. 

 Sheldon. 



' Being, Not-Being and Becoming : a Study in 

 the Logic of Early Greek Philosophy ' : Professor 

 Alfred H. Lloyd. 



'Aristotle's Theory of Reason ' : Professor 

 William A. Hammond. 



' On Final Causes ' : Dr. Edgar A. Singer, Je. 



' On the Study of Individuality ' : Professor J. 

 A. Leighton. 



2 P.M. 

 ' The Consciousness of Obligation ' : Professor 



E. B. McGlLVARY. 



' Kant and Teleological Ethics ' : Professor 

 Frank Thilly. 



' Epistemology and Ethical Method ' : Dr. 

 Albert Lefevre. 



' The Epistemological Argument for Theism ' : 

 Professor Edward PI. Griffin. 



' The Philosophy of Religion : Its Aim and 

 Scope': Dr. F. C. French. (Read by title.) 



A pleasant feature of the meeting was 

 the reception given to the members, about 

 forty of whom were in attendance, by 

 President and Mrs. Butler in the Avery 

 Library on Monday evening. The thanks 

 of the Association are also due to Presi- 

 dent Butler and the officers of the Univer- 

 sity for the admirable accommodations in 

 Earl Hall. 



H. N. Gardiner, 



Secretary. 



SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



Inorganic Evolution as Studied hy Spectrum 

 Analysis. By Sm Norman Lockyee^ K.C.B., 

 etc. London, Macmillan and Co. 1900. 

 Pp. vi + 198; 44 figs. 



The author states in his preface that this 

 'volume contains an account of my most recent 

 inquiries into the chemistry of the stars, and 

 of some of the questions which have grown 

 out of these inquiries.' Dissociation is the 

 main topic of the book, and the author makes 

 the 'endeavor to show how, in the studies con- 

 cerning dissociation, we have really been col- 

 lecting facts concerning the evolution of the 

 chemical elements,' and he points out 'espe- 

 cially that the first steps in this evolution may 

 possibly be best studied by, and most clearly 



