First Principles

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book philosophical work

First Principles is a foundational philosophical work by Herbert Spencer that outlines his synthetic philosophy, attempting to unify knowledge across the sciences, metaphysics, and ethics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addresses foundations of ethics ⓘ
limits of human knowledge ⓘ
relationship between science and metaphysics ⓘ
aim to establish a basis for ethics in evolutionary principles ⓘ
to provide a unified system of knowledge ⓘ
to reconcile science and religion ⓘ
author Herbert Spencer ⓘ
centralConcept law of evolution ⓘ
persistence of force ⓘ
relativity of knowledge ⓘ
The Unknowable ⓘ
surface form: the Unknowable
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstEditionFormat single volume ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasOCLCNumber 2216744 ⓘ
hasPart Laws of the Knowable ⓘ
The Unknowable ⓘ
historicalPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
influenced Anglo-American philosophy ⓘ
late 19th-century positivism ⓘ
social Darwinism ⓘ
influencedBy Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte ⓘ
surface form: Auguste Comte

Charles Darwin ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
evolutionary theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject evolutionary theory in philosophy ⓘ
metaphysical principles ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
synthetic philosophy ⓘ
unification of knowledge ⓘ
notableIdea application of evolutionary principles to cosmology ⓘ
application of evolutionary principles to ethics ⓘ
application of evolutionary principles to society ⓘ
systematic synthesis of scientific knowledge into philosophy ⓘ
partOf Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSchool evolutionary philosophy ⓘ
positivism ⓘ
publicationDate 1862 ⓘ
publisher Williams and Norgate ⓘ
structure divided into two main parts ⓘ
title First Principles self-link ⓘ

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Herbert Spencer → notableWork → First Principles ⓘ
The Principles of Sociology → relatedWork → First Principles ⓘ
The Principles of Psychology → relatedWorkByAuthor → First Principles ⓘ
subject surface form: The Principles of Psychology (Spencer)
this entity surface form: First Principles (Herbert Spencer)
First Principles → title → First Principles self-link ⓘ
Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy → hasPart → First Principles ⓘ
The Principles of Ethics → relatedWork → First Principles ⓘ