PREFACE

CREATIVE EVOLUTION, Vol. 2

CHAPTER III
ON THE MEANING OF LIFE-THE ORDER OF NATURE
AND THE FORM OF INTELLIGENCE

Relation of the problem of life to the problem of knowledge-The
method of philosophy-Apparent vicious circle of the method
proposed-Real vicious circle of the opposite method

Simultaneous genesis of matter and intelligence-Geometry
inherent in matter-Geometrical tendency of the intellect-Geometry
and deduction-Geometry and induction-Physical laws

Sketch of a theory of knowledge based on the analysis of the
idea of Disorder-Two opposed forms of order: the problem
of _genera_ and the problem of _laws_-The idea of
"disorder" an oscillation of the intellect between the two
kinds of order

Creation and evolution-Ideal genesis of matter-The origin
and function of life-The essential and the accidental in the
vital process and in the evolutionary movement-Mankind-The
life of the body and the life of the spirit

CHAPTER IV
THE CINEMATOGRAPHICAL MECHANISM OF THOUGHT AND THE
MECHANISTIC ILLUSION-A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF
SYSTEMS-REAL BECOMING AND FALSE EVOLUTIONISM

Sketch of a criticism of philosophical systems, based on the
analysis of the idea of Immutability and of the idea of
"Nothing"-Relation of metaphysical problems to the idea
of "Nothing"-Real meaning of this idea

Form and Becoming

The philosophy of Forms and its conception of Becoming-Plato
and Aristotle-The natural trend of the intellect

Becoming in modern science: two views of Time

The metaphysical interpretation of modern science: Descartes,
Spinoza, Leibniz

The Criticism of Kant

The evolutionism of Spencer