ambiguity of primitive,99,112,113,116,129,130association of organisms,260change and the,301,302-3complementarity of intelligence and instinct in the,141-2,150,181,184,185complexity of the,162,250,252,253,260consciousness and the,111,145,179,180,262,270contingency of the actual chemical nature of the,255,257differentiation of parts in,252,260.SeeOrganism, complexity ofextension of, by artificial instruments,141,161freedom the property of every,130,131function of,26,27,79,80,85,87,88,93-4,106-110,113,114,117,120,121,126-7,128,136,173-5,230,231,246,247,250,251,254,255,256,258,270function and structure,55,61,62,69,74,75,76-7,86,88-91,93-4,95,96-7,118-9,132,139,140,157-8,161-3,250,252,256generality typified by similarity among organisms,223,224,228-9,230hive as,166and individuation, x,12,13,15,23,26-7,42,149,195-6,225-6,228-9,259,260,261,270mutual interpenetration of organisms,177-8mechanism of the,31,92-3,94philosophy and the,195-6unity of the,176-8Organization of action,142,145,147-8,150,181,184,185of duration,5-6,15,25,26explosive character of,92and instinct,24,138-46,150,165-7,171-2,173,176,192-3,194,264and intellect,161-2and manufacture,92,93,94-5,96,126-8is themodus vivendibetween the antagonistic cosmic currents,181,250,254of motion,310and perception,226-7Originality of the willed order,224Orthogenesis,69,86-7Oscillation between association and individuation,259,261.SeeSocietiesof ether,301-2of instinct and intelligence about a mean position,136of pendulum, illustrating space and time in ancient philosophy,318-9,320between representation of inner and outer reality,279-80of sensible reality in ancient philosophy about being,316-8Outlines of perception the plan of action,5,11,12,93,188,189,204-5,206-7,226-7,228-9,230,250,299-300,306Oxygen,114,254,255Paleontology,24-5,129,139Paleozoic era,102Parallelism, psycho-physiological,180,350,351,355,356Paralyzing instinct in hymenoptera,139-40,146,172,174-5Parasites,106,108,109,111-13,134-5Parasitism,132Passivity,222-4Past, subsistence of, in present,4,20-3,26-7,108,199-202Peckham,173-4notePecten, illustrating identical structures in divergent lines of evolution,62,63,75Pedagogical and social nature of negation,287-97Pedagogy and the function of the intellect,165Penetration, reciprocal,161-2.SeeInterpenetrationPerceptionand action,4-5,11,12,93,188,189,206,226-7,228-9,300-1,306-7and becoming,176-7,303-6cinematographical character of,206-7,249,251,331-2distinctness of,226-7,250and geometry,205,230in molluscs,188and organization,226-7prolonged in intellect,161-2,273reaction in,264and recollection,180,181refracts reality,204,238,359-60rhythm of,299-300,301and science,168Permanence an illusion,299-301Peron,80Perrier, Ed.,260notePersonality, absolute reality of,269concentration of,201,202and matter,269,270the object of intuition,268tension of,199,200,201Perthes, Boucher de,137Phaedrus,156notePhagocytes and external finality,42Phagocytosis and growing old,18Phantom ideas and problems,177,277,283,296Philosophical explanation contrasted with scientific explanation,168Philosophy and art,176-7and biology,43-4,194-6and experience,197-8function of29-30,84-5,93-4,168,173-4,194-7,198,268,269,369-70history of,238incompletely conscious of itself,207-8,209individual mind in,191and intellect,ix-xvintellect and intuition in,238of intuition,176-7,191-4,196,197,277method of,191-2,194,195,239object of,239and the organism,195-6and physics,194,208and psychology,194,196and science,175,196-7,208,345,370SeeAncient philosophy, Cosmology, Finalism, Mechanistic philosophy, Metaphysics, Modern philosophy,Post-Kantian philosophyPhonograph illustrating "unwinding" cause,73Phosphorescence, consciousness compared to,262Photograph, illustrating the nature of the intellectual view of reality,31,304-5Photography, instantaneous, illustrating the mechanism of the intellect,331-2,333Physical existence, as contrasted with logical,276,297-8,328,361laws, their precise form artificial,218,219,229,240-1laws and the negative cosmic movement,218operations the object of intelligence,175,250order, imitation of, by the vital,230science,176-7Physicochemistry and organic destruction,226and biology,25-6,29-30,34,35,36,55,57,98,194Physics, ancient, "logic spoiled,"320,321-2of ancient philosophy,315,320,321-2,355of Aristotle,228note,324note,331,332and deduction,213of Galileo,357,369-70and individuality of bodies,188,208as inverted psychics,202and logic,319-20,321and metaphysics,194,208and mutability,245success of,218,219Pigment-spot and adaptation,60,61,71-3,76-7and heredity,83,84Pinguicula, certain animal characteristics of,107Plan, motionless, of action the object of intellect,155,298-9,301-2,303Planets, life in other,256Plantsand animals in evolution,105-39,142-3,144,145-6,147,168,169-70,181,182,183-4,185,254,267complementarity of, to animals,183-4,185,267consciousness of,109,111,113,120,128-35,142-3,144,181,182,292.SeeTorpor, Sleepfunction of,107-9,113,114,117,246,247,254,256function and structure in,67,77-8,79individuation in,12instinct in,170,171and mobility,108,109,111-13,118-9,129,130,135-6parallelism of evolution with animals,59-60,106-8,116supporters of all life,271variation of,85,86Plasma, continuity of germinative,25-6,42,78-83Plastic substances,255Plato,49, 156,191,210note,316,318,319,320,321,327,330,347,349Platonic ideas,49,315-6,321,322,327,330,352Plotinus,210note,314-5,323,324note,349,352,353Plurality, confused, of life,257.SeeInterpenetrationPoem, sounds of, distinct to perception; the sense indivisible to intuition,209illustrating creation of matter,240,319-20ποιητικος νους, of Aristotle,322Polymorphism of ants, bees, and wasps,140of insect societies,157Polyzoism,260Positive reality,208,212.SeeRealityPositivity, materiality an inversion or interruption of,219,246,247-8,319-20Possible activity as a factor in consciousness,11,12,96,144,145,146-7,158-9,165,179,180,181,189,264,368existence,290,295Post-Kantian philosophy,362,363Potential activity.SeePossible activitygenera,226knowledge,142-7,150,166Potentiality, life as an immense,258,270zone of, surrounding acts,179,180,181,264.SeePossible activityPowers of life, complementarity of,xii,xiii,26,27,51-5,97-105,110,113,116-8,119,126-7,131-6,140-3,176,177,183,184,246,254,255,257,266,270,343,345Practical nature of perception and its prolongation in intellect and science,137-41,150,193-4,196,197,206,207-8,218,247-8,273,281,305,306-7,328,329Preëstablished harmony,205-6,207Present, creation of, by past,5,20-3,26-7,167,199-202Prevision.SeeForeseeingPrimacy of nervous system,120-6,252Primary instinct,138-9,168Primitive organisms, ambiguous forms of,99,112,113,116,129,130"Procession" in Alexandrian philosophy,323Progress, adaptation and,101ff.evolutionary,50,133,134,138,141-2,173-4,175,185,264-5,266Prose and verse, illustrating the two kinds of orders,221,232Protophytes, colonizing of,259Protoplasm, circulation of,32-3,108and senescence,18,19imitation of,32-3,35primitive, and the nervous system,124,126-7of primitive organisms,99,108,109and the vital principle,42-3Protozoa, association of,259-61ageing of,16of ambiguous form,112and individuation,14,259-61mechanical explanation of movements of,33and nervous system,126