Others might find his notion of psycho-physical unities not so very offputting or indeed even attractive.
This notion of all things as being evolved psycho-physical unities of some sort places Peirce well within the sphere of what might be called "the grand old-fashioned metaphysicians," along with such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Whitehead, et al. Some contemporary philosophers might be inclined to reject Peirce out of hand upon discovering this fact.
In what seems a paradox, Murray achieves unity among these elements by shattering the physical oneness of the painting.
In the late 19th-century political and theological controversy over the question whether all the races of mankind belonged physically and mentally to a single species, Tylor was a powerful advocate of the physical and psychological unity of all mankind.
Thus, unlike 'geoscientific' landscape classifications - where physical properties, genetic unity, and homogeneity in both zonal (bioclimatic) and azonal (geology and relief) conditions play the leading roles (Isachenko 1991) - the most important feature in the visual and emotional grouping of landscapes appears to be the presence/absence of water and the type of water basin (river, lake, sea).
The fundamental unity of physical science should be borne in mind during the following outline of characteristic examples of experimental and theoretical physics.
We all want to find out that we are cosmic Anastasias and that there is a secret that connects us, that lays bare the essential unity of physical phenomena.
However, many participants of the American Indian community believed that other cultural activities, such as fishing, and gathering roots and berries, promoted physical activity and community unity.
Now, however, Dr. Hirsch says she joyfully embraces "the astonishing unity of the physical brain and the mind" for the potential it clearly holds for improving the lot of humankind.
