Collected Essays

A nine-volume collection of essays and lectures published in 1893–4 by one of Victorian England's most influential biologists.

Thomas Henry Huxley (Author)

9781108040563, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 December 2011

340 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

Known as 'Darwin's Bulldog', the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95) was a tireless supporter of the evolutionary theories of his friend Charles Darwin. Huxley also made his own significant scientific contributions, and he was influential in the development of science education despite having had only two years of formal schooling. He established his scientific reputation through experiments on aquatic life carried out during a voyage to Australia while working as an assistant surgeon in the Royal Navy; ultimately he became President of the Royal Society (1883–5). Throughout his life Huxley struggled with issues of faith, and he coined the term 'agnostic' to describe his beliefs. This nine-volume collection of Huxley's essays, which he edited and published in 1893–4, demonstrates the wide range of his intellectual interests. In Volume 6, Huxley focuses on the philosopher David Hume (1711–76), discussing his life and his philosophical and intellectual work.

Preface
Hume: Part I. Hume's Life: 1. Early life: literary and political writings
2. Later years: the History of England
Part II. Hume's Philosophy: 1. The object and scope of philosophy
2. The contents of the mind
3. The origin of the impressions
4. The classification and the nomenclature of mental operations
5. The mental phenomena of animals
6. Language - propositions concerning necessary truths
7. The order of nature: miracles
8. Theism: evolution of theology
9. The soul: the doctrine of immortality
10. Volition: liberty and necessity
11. The principles of morals
Helps to the Study of Berkeley: 1. Bishop Berkeley on the metaphysics of sensation 1870
2. On sensation and the unity of structure of sensiferous organs (1879).

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD]