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CHAPTER III
SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION: The scientific outlook—Progress of the sciences—The positivist spirit, its action on science, philosophy and literature—The problem as presented to philosophy.
- Comte's positivism—Work of prominent scientists—Position maintained by Berthelot and Bernard—Renan's confidence— Vacherot and Taine—Insufficiency of sciences alone.
- Cournot and Renouvier attack the dogmatism of science.
- The neo-spiritualist group continue and develop this attack, which becomes a marked feature in Lachelier, Boutroux, and Bergson.
Entire change of attitude in the development of the period.
The problem of freedom opened up in the process.
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