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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| § 10. | The Mind-Body Problem | 201 | |
| § 11. | Is Personality an Adequate Philosophical Principle? | 207 | |
| VII. | The Chief Philosophical World Views | ||
| § 1. | Introductory | 212 | |
| § 2. | On What Do All World Views Agree? | 212 | |
| § 3. | On What Most Important Points Do World Views Disagree? | 213 | |
| § 4. | Is a World View Possible? | 215 | |
| § 5. | Is the World to Be Viewed as One or as Many? | 216 | |
| § 6. | Is the World all of One Kind of Being, or Is It of Two or More Different Kinds? | 220 | |
| § 7. | Is the World Friendly or Indifferent to the Highest Values? | 224 | |
| § 8. | Summary: The Fundamental Issues | 229 | |
| § 9. | Realism | 231 | |
| § 10. | Idealism | 236 | |
| VIII. | Is the World a Machine? | ||
| § 1. | The Fundamental Problem of Metaphysics: Mechanism vs. Teleology | 249 | |
| § 2. | What Are a Mechanism and an Organism? | 251 | |
| § 3. | Man’s Attempts to Explain His World | 253 | |
| § 4. | The Truth and Value of Mechanistic Explanation | 257 | |
| § 5. | The Limitations of Mechanistic Explanation | 259 | |
| § 6. | Transition to Next Chapter | 259 | |
| IX. | Has the World a Purpose? | ||
| § 1. | A Restatement of the Problem of Mechanism and Teleology | 281 | |
| § 2. | The Teleological Facts | 281 | |
| § 3. | Objections to Teleology | 290 | |
| § 4. | Review of the Possible Solutions of the Problem | 304 | |
| § 5. | Purpose as Conscious or Unconscious | 307 | |
| § 6. | The Place of Mechanism in a Teleological Universe | 309 | |
| § 7. | The Relation of Teleology to the Problems of Philosophy | 313 | |
| X. | What Is the Place of Religious Values in Life? | ||
| § 1. | Philosophy Includes the Interpretation of All Values | 315 | |