Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy
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Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy is a comprehensive 19th-century philosophical system that applies evolutionary principles to explain the development of the cosmos, life, mind, society, and morality in a unified framework.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
19th-century philosophy
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philosophical system ⓘ work of philosophy ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain development of life
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explain development of mind ⓘ explain development of morality ⓘ explain development of society ⓘ explain development of the universe ⓘ unify scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| appliesToDomain |
biology
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cosmos ⓘ ethics ⓘ psychology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| author | Herbert Spencer ⓘ |
| centralThesis | evolution is a universal law applying to all phenomena ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
evolution
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integration and differentiation ⓘ persistence of force ⓘ survival of the fittest ⓘ the unknowable ⓘ universal evolution ⓘ |
| critiquedBy |
Thomas Henry Huxley
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surface form:
T. H. Huxley
Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| critiquedFor | overextension of biological evolution to social and moral domains ⓘ |
| epistemologicalStance | empiricism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
First Principles
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The Principles of Biology ⓘ The Principles of Ethics ⓘ The Principles of Psychology ⓘ The Principles of Sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical liberalism
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early sociology ⓘ evolutionary ethics ⓘ social Darwinism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte
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surface form:
Auguste Comte
British empiricist tradition ⓘ Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | English ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach | synthetic method ⓘ |
| ontologicalStance | naturalism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
British empiricism
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evolutionary philosophy ⓘ positivism ⓘ |
| publicationSpanEnd | 1893 ⓘ |
| publicationSpanStart | 1860 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| viewOnKnowledge | ultimate reality is partly unknowable ⓘ |
| viewOnMorality | morality evolves with social development ⓘ |
| viewOnSociety | society is an organism ⓘ |
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