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THE essays in this collection, like all Dr. Schiller's work, are amusing and provocative, and sometimes more than this. The three essays on William James and his work, coming from a fervent admirer, are interesting and valuable. Many who do not agree with James's philosophy would yet agree with Dr. Schiller that he is one of the creative thinkers of modern times. Perhaps the most interesting part of the book are the four connected essays called “A Philosophical Survey”; the last of which is on “Man's Future on the Earth”. The author makes the useful point that at any moment there are some factors making for improvement and others for deterioration; so that a survey of present conditions, with the future unknown, provides equally good arguments for optimists and pessimists. There has been progress, but not always, or in straight lines, and it is always precarious.
Must Philosophers Disagree? and other Essays in Popular Philosophy.
By Prof. F. C. S. Schiller. Pp. xi + 359. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1934.) 12s. 6d. net.
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[Short Notices]. Nature 135, 388 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135388c0
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