Life and Habit
Samuel Butler
Life and Habit
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Published in 1878, this is the first book in which Butler attacks Darwinism, and sets out an alternative, neo-Lamarckian theory which explores the role of memory in shaping organisms. Butler initially wrote the book as a tribute and complement to Darwin's theory. Darwin chose to ignore the attack, but Butler continued to challenge the scientific establishment with three additional books.

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Life and Habit
PREFACE.
AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. ON CERTAIN ACQUIRED HABITS.
CHAPTER II. CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS KNOWERS—THE LAW AND GRACE.
CHAPTER III. APPLICATION OF FOREGOING CHAPTERS TO CERTAIN HABITS ACQUIRED AFTER BIRTH WHICH ARE COMMONLY CONSIDERED INSTINCTIVE.
CHAPTER IV. APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES TO ACTIONS AND HABITS ACQUIRED BEFORE BIRTH.
CHAPTER V. PERSONAL IDENTITY.
CHAPTER VI. PERSONAL IDENTITY—(continued).
CHAPTER VII. OUR SUBORDINATE PERSONALITIES.
CHAPTER VIII. APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING CHAPTERS—THE ASSIMILATION OF OUTSIDE MATTER.
CHAPTER IX. ON THE ABEYANCE OF MEMORY.
CHAPTER X. WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT TO FIND IF DIFFERENTIATIONS OF STRUCTURE AND INSTINCT ARE MAINLY DUE TO MEMORY.
CHAPTER XI. INSTINCT AS INHERITED MEMORY.
CHAPTER XII. INSTINCTS OF NEUTER INSECTS.
CHAPTER XIII. LAMARCK AND MR. DARWIN.
CHAPTER XIV. MR. MIVART AND MR. DARWIN.
CHAPTER XV. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
APPENDIX AUTHOR’S ADDENDA
I See Page 13
II See Page 18
III See Page 25
IV. See Page 239
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