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| | SUBJECT INDEX | | Absolute reality, and the value issue, 325. | | | Absolutes vs. concrete activities, 325. | | | Acoustics (see Sound), as a science, 207 ff. | | | Abstract science, dualistic glorifica- tion of, 326. | | | Abstraction and elaboration in sci- entific evolution, 76 f. | | | Air, importance of, in chemical evolu- tion, 166, 169 f. | | | Alchemical manipulations, and the science of chemistry, 81, 168. | | | Algorithms, as calculating tools, 123. | | | Amateurs in science, 7 f. | | | Analytic geometry, as scientific tech- nique, 123 f., 132. | | | Anatomy, and medical science, 87 ; in biological investigation, 222 f. | | | Apparatus, scientific, 18 ff.; overem- phasis of, 105. | | | Appearance and reality, invalid sci- entific institutions, 54 f. | | | "Appearances" vs. things, 17. | | | Applied mathematics, and measure- ment, 128, 133, 142 f. | | | Anthropic science, one of four scienti- fic divisions, 90, 157 ; evolution of, 95 f.; improper discrimination against, 274 f., 278 ; vs. natural sci- ence, 278 ff.; basic nature of, 282 f. | | | Anthropic systems, vs. physiochem- ical systems, 275 ff. | | | Anthropology, a division of social sci- ences, 286 ff.; systemic presupposi- tions in, 287 f. | | | Arithmetic, and measurement, 142 f. | | | Astronomy, raw-material stage of, 77 f., 162 ; technological evolution necessary for, 78 ; physiochemical principles applied in, 164 f. | | | Astrophysics, importance of color for, 198. | | | Atomic physics (see Quantum mechan- ics). | | | Atomic theory, development of, 74, 85 f., 170 f., 188, 206. | | | Axiology (see Values). | | | Averages, 74, 89, 188 f. | | | Basic interactions as biological events: metabolism, 215 ; biological continuity, 217 ; responsive interac- tions, 217. | | | Beauty, as quality of objects, 304. | | | Behavior, as aspect of culture, 45 ; as anthropological data, 286 ; theologi- cal, 306 ; philosophical, 308 ; relig- ious, 310 f. | | | Behaviorism, the end point in dualis- tic development, 258 f.; retains his- torical constructions, 259. | | | Biochemistry, early career of, 84 ; a succession of chemical conquests, 226 ff. | | | Bioecology, essentially interbehavi- oral, 241. | | | Biological epigenesis and preforma- tion, 245. | | | Biological events, integrated with in- teractions, 226 ff., 235. | | | Biological investigation, concerned with interbehavior vs. things and elements, 220 ff. | | | Biological theory construction com- pared with physiochemical, 242 ff. | | | Biological units, as cells, organisms or organism-environment field, 214 f. | | | Biological science, stages of, 93 f. | | | Biology, institutional competition in, 56 ; employment of statistics in, 129 ; ready availability of events in, 213 ; metaphysical constructs in, 213 f.; concept of matter as life in, 213 f.; an interactional domain, 215 f.; field interpretation of, 215, 225, 241 ; in- tegration of chemistry with, 235 ; cause in, 240 ; ecology as interac- tional subdomaln of, 241 ; compar- ison of theorizing in physics and, 242 ff.; design, teleology or chance in theory of. 246. | | | Brain, falsely regarded as link be- tween rest of body and mind, 11 ; | -348- | | |
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Publication Information: Book Title: The Logic of Modern Science. Contributors: J. R. Kantor - author. Publisher: Principia Press. Place of Publication: Chicago. Publication Year: 1971. Page Number: 348.
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