Beyond Humanism: Essays in the Philosophy of Nature

In the three decades since it was first published Charles Hartshornes Beyond Humanism has come to be regarded as a classic in the study of humanism and nature. The volume includes: Part One: HUMANISM AND HUMAN NEEDS -God or Nature -Humanism as Disintegration -Deweys Philosophy of Religion -Other Humanist Philosophies -Russia and Marxian Humanism -Freuds View of Religion -Historic Forms of Humanism Part Two: NATURE -The Cosmic Variables -Order in a Creative Universe -Indeterminism in Psychology and Ethics -Mind and Matter -Mind and Body: Organic Sympathy -Russell on Causality -Santayana on Matter -Mead and Alexander on Time -Logical Positivism and the Method of Philosophy -Croce Heidegger and Hartmann -Conclusion: The Historic Role of Humanism This is a book that will be eagerly read by all those who are looking for a way forward out of the perplexities which have overtaken religion in our time. -Christian Century