IV. The Persistence of Magic in Nature

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VI
3. Contents VII
4. I. Introduction: Aims and Materials 1
5. II. The Heritage of Ideas 11
6. III. Miraculous Causation and Intervention 17
7. IV. The Persistence of Magic in Nature 31
8. V. Autonomous Force in Nature 52
9. VI. Pansophistic Ideas 66
10. VII. The Search for Rational Causality 91
11. VIII. Experiment and Experience in the Field of Nature 113
12. IX. Experiment and Experience in Society 135
13. Χ. Conclusion 150
14. Bibliography 161
15. Index 173