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Extensive notes and summary papers by J. Arthur Thomson on evolutionists, possibly in preparation for 'Evolution' (1912), or 'Biology' (1925), both co-written with Patrick Geddes. Includes full typescript of 'Weismann's Concessions' by American botanist and sociologist, Lester Frank Ward, 1841-1913. Among the evolutionists covered are: Theodor Eimer, J. T. Gulick, Henri Bergson, August Weismann, Lester Ward and Lloyd Morgan. Manuscript and typescript.

Outlines that ten introductory lectures on the 'Study of Cities' are required for publication, with line illustrations only. Confirms that G. H. Perris will follow up with an agreement. Comments on Patrick Geddes' evolution syllabus and upcoming biological symposium. Suggests that they should write an essay or paper. Envelope extant and included.

.1 Letter from J. Arthur Thomson to James Oliphant (brother-in-law of Anna Geddes). Presents his views on Oliphant's article on Geddes's variation theory. 1 p.

.2 Letter from James Oliphant to J. Arthur Thomson. Oliphant is unconvinced by J. Arthur Thomson's arguments and expresses his own opinions on the matter. 4 pp., numbered.

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Best known for his three-volume collaboration with Bertrand Russell, ‘Principia Mathematica’ (1910, 1912, 1913), the British philosopher of logic and mathematics Alfred North Whitehead, 1861–1947, was the originator of ‘Process theory’ in philosophy. Significantly, for Geddes and Thomson, the theory rejects philosophies which value static notions of being and instead advances a dynamic notion of becoming that views the world as “a web of interrelated processes” over an independence of things. Manuscript and typescript.

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Possibly relating to a joint publication with Patrick Geddes. Manuscript.

Includes chapter layouts: Biology - Botany: general 340-638; Evolution, natural selection and reproduction 639-726; Eugenics 727-732; Psychology 733-771; Nature study 772-789; Gardens 790-833; Dunfermline and Dundee naturalists' societies 834-840; Miscellanea 841-855; and Biology - botany: general [unnumbered]. Manuscript and typescript. Numbered pages.

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Endorsed 'Address'. Manuscript.

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Includes draft of a review or article based on John Middleton Murray's God, Being an Introduction to the Science of Metabiology (1929). Manuscript.

Discusses plans, costs and photographs for a publication project [probably the forthcoming publication of The Evolution of Sex, in collaboration with J. Arthur Thomson]. Reference to Mr. Ellis and Mr. Pairman. Incomplete.