"Life and Matter: A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe'" by Sir Oliver Lodge is a thought-provoking examination from the early 1900s that grapples with the philosophies of materialism and monism. Lodge sets out to question and revise Professor Ernst Haeckel’s ideas about how life and matter connect, carefully looking at Haeckel's claims that reduce life to just physical reactions. Lodge argues against the idea that our minds are simply products of our physical bodies and promotes a deeper, more complete view of existence. He pushes readers to think about the role of both physical and non-physical forces at play, steering away from simple materialistic answers to explore the harder questions about consciousness and reality itself.
Life and Matter: A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's "Riddle of the Universe"
By Oliver Lodge
Confronting the claim that life is merely physical, this challenge explores the unseen forces that shape consciousness, urging readers to look beyond matter for life's true essence.
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About the AuthorSir Oliver Joseph Lodge was an English physicist and writer involved in the development of, and holder of key patents for, radio. He identified electromagnetic radiation independent of Hertz's proof and at his 1894 Royal Institution lectures, Lodge demonstrated an early radio wave detector he named the "coherer". In 1898 he was awarded the "syntonic" patent by the United States Patent Office. Lodge was Principal of the University of Birmingham from 1900 to 1920.
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge was an English physicist and writer involved in the development of, and holder of key patents for, radio. He identified electromagnetic radiation independent of Hertz's proof and at his 1894 Royal Institution lectures, Lodge demonstrated an early radio wave detector he named the "coherer". In 1898 he was awarded the "syntonic" patent by the United States Patent Office. Lodge was Principal of the University of Birmingham from 1900 to 1920.
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