CONTENTS 



of philosophy — The true task of science — How con- 

 siderations of value distinguish scientific from 

 philosophical treatment. . . . There may be a 

 science of religion and a philosophy of reli- 

 gion — Why the man of science must be cold- 

 blooded — What evidence for Theism do I find 

 in my studies of mind — We have no proof of 

 the way organic evolution has been affected — 

 Mental activity not a by-product of the chemistry 

 and physics of the brain — Intelligent and purpos- 

 ive activity cannot be adequately described in 

 terms of physics and chemistry — Mental activity 

 may survive dissolution of the body — This same 

 activity has become overwhelmingly important in 

 mankind. . . . The activities of mind must involve 

 reference to the future, whereas physical causation 

 implies no such factor — Psychology affords evi- 

 dence of the reality of mind in nature — Also, it 

 affords strong evidence that mental organization 

 is not dependent on the physical structure — The at- 

 titude of psychology toward man's "incurably" re- 

 ligious nature. . . . Does psychology yield positive 

 evidence in support of Theism? — Two presenta- 

 tions — The position of Kant — The higher animals 

 show the germ of our moral qualities — To what 

 man really owes his superiority. . . . The ex- 

 perience of some mystics supports the theistic 

 hypothesis — Telepathic communication is reason- 

 ably well established as an occasional occurrence 

 — The psychology of prayer introduced — The di- 

 lemma presented by psychic research — The mathe- 

 matical capacity — This is a problem of deep 

 significance — Did Mind or Intellect exist full- 

 blown before the evolution of human brainsi' — 

 Most man have more brain-tissue than they can 

 ever use — The argument deduced from this 

 fact. ... In man's response to beauty is some- 

 thing beyond the scope of natural explanation — 

 Do we have, in all cases, to do with the energy of 

 the sex-impulse, in our appreciation of beauty? — 

 What of the effect of a grand tropical sunset? — 

 The Freudian "consequence of social discipline" — 

 Devotion to the beautiful makes men feel they are 

 living among immortal and ineflFable realities. 



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God by Sir J. Arthur Thomson . 159 



Science is ever making a new world — Instances — 

 The new in science does not disown the old; 

 rather develops out of it — No energy ever, mag- 

 ically, has disappeared — The form of matter may 



