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THE third edition of Prof. Driesch's study of the psycho-physical problem does not appear to be altered from the second (1920). The second edition was considerably enlarged from the first and developed the theory of the nature of self-hood. The most valuable feature of Prof. Driesch's method in investigating the question of psycho-physical parallelism is the realistic way in which he examines the facts and exposes the paradoxes which result from any attempt to work out an exact parallelism between ultimate physical and psychical elements. His well-known vitalistic theory of “entelechy “precludes the possibility of an exact correspondence.
(1) Leib und Seele: eine Untersuchung über das psycho-physische Grundproblem.
Von Hans Driesch. Dritte Auflage. Pp. viii + 115. (Leipzig: Emmanuel Reinicke, 1923.) 2s. 6d.
(2) Wissen und Denken: ein Prolegomenon zu aller Philosophic.
Von Hans Driesch. Zweite durch anastatischen Druck hergestellte Auflage mit Ergänzungen als Anhang. Pp. vi + 152. (Leipzig: Emmanuel Reinicke, 1922.) 3s. 9d.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 113, 233 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113233c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/113233c0