INDEX SUBJECTS

Division A. NormativeScience
Department 1. Philosophy
Sec.A.Metaphysics
B.Philosophy ofReligion
C.Logic
D.Methodology ofScience
E.Ethics
F.Æsthetics

Department 2. Mathematics
Sec.A.Algebra and Analysis
B.Geometry
C.AppliedMathematics

Division B. HistoricalScience
Department 3. Political and EconomicHistory
Sec.A.History of Asia
B.History of Greeceand Rome
C.MediævalHistory
D.Modern History ofEurope
E.History ofAmerica
F.History ofEconomic Institutions

Department 4. History ofLaw
Sec.A.History of Roman Law
B.History of CommonLaw
C.ComparativeLaw

Department 5. History ofLanguage
Sec.A.Comparative Language
B.SemiticLanguage
C.Indo-IranianLanguages
D.GreekLanguage
E.LatinLanguage
F.EnglishLanguage
G.RomanceLanguages
H.GermanicLanguages

Department 6. History ofLiterature
Sec.A.Indo-Iranian Literature
B.ClassicalLiterature
C.EnglishLiterature
D.RomanceLiterature
E.GermanicLiterature
F.SlavicLiterature
G.Belles-Lettres

Department 7. History ofArt
Sec.A.Classical Art
B.ModernArchitecture
C.ModernPainting

Department 8. History ofReligion
Sec.A.Brahminism and Buddhism
B.Mohammedism
C.OldTestament
D.NewTestament
E.History of theChristian Church

Division C. PhysicalScience
Department 9. Physics
Sec.A.Physics of Matter
B.Physics ofEther
C.Physics of theElectron

Department 10. Chemistry
Sec.A.Inorganic Chemistry
B.OrganicChemistry
C.PhysicalChemistry
D.PhysiologicalChemistry

Department 11. Astronomy
Sec.A.Astrometry
B.Astrophysics

Department 12. Sciences of theEarth
Sec.A.Geophysics
B.Geology
C.Palæontology
D.Petrology andMineralogy
E.Physiography
F.Geography
G.Oceanography
H.CosmicalPhysics

Department 13. Biology
Sec.A.Phylogeny
B.PlantMorphology
C.PlantPhysiology
D.PlantPathology
E.Ecology
F.Bacteriology
G.AnimalMorphology
H.Embryology
I.ComparativeAnatomy
J.HumanAnatomy
K.Physiology

Department 14.Anthropology
Sec.A.Somatology
B.Archæology
C.Ethnology

Division D. MentalScience
Department 15. Psychology
Sec.A.General Psychology
B.ExperimentalPsychology
C.Comparative andGenetic Psychology
D.AbnormalPsychology

Department 16. Sociology
Sec.A.Social Structure
B.SocialPsychology

Division E. UtilitarianSciences
Department 17. Medicine
Sec.A.Public Health
B.PreventiveMedicine
C.Pathology
D.Therapeutics andPharmacology
E.InternalMedicine
F.Neurology
G.Psychiatry
H.Surgery
I.Gynecology
J.Ophthalmology
K.Otology andLaryngology
L.Pediatrics

Department 18. Technology
Sec.A.Civil Engineering
B.MechanicalEngineering
C.ElectricalEngineering
D.MiningEngineering
E.TechnicalChemistry
F.Agriculture

Department 19. Economic
Sec.A.Economic Theory
B.Transportation
C.Commerce andExchange
D.Money andCredit
E.PublicFinance
F.Insurance

Division F. SocialRegulation
Department 20. Politics
Sec.A.Political Theory
B.Diplomacy
C.NationalAdministration
D.ColonialAdministration
E.MunicipalAdministration

Department 21.Jurisprudence
Sec.A.International Law
B.ConstitutionalLaw
C.PrivateLaw

Department 22. SocialScience
Sec.A.The Family
B.The RuralCommunity
C.The UrbanCommunity
D.The IndustrialGroup
E.The DependentGroup
F.The CriminalGroup

Division G. SocialCulture
Department 23. Education
Sec.A.Educational Theory
B.TheSchool
C.TheCollege
D.TheUniversity
E.TheLibrary

Department 24. Religion
Sec.A.General Religious Education
B.ProfessionalReligious Education
C.ReligiousAgencies
D.ReligiousWork
E.ReligiousInfluence: PersonaG
F.ReligiousInfluence: Social

PURPOSE AND PLAN OF THE CONGRESS

The idea of the Congress grows out of the thought that the subdivision and multiplication of specialties in science has reached a stage at which investigators and scholars may derive both inspiration and profit from a general survey of the various fields of learning, planned with a view of bringing the scattered sciences into closer mutual relations. The central purpose is the unification of knowledge, an effort toward which seems appropriate on an occasion when the nations bring together an exhibit of their arts and industries. An assemblage is therefore to be convened at which leading representatives of theoretical and applied sciences shall set forth those general principles and fundamental conceptions which connect groups of sciences, review the historical development of special sciences, show their mutual relations and discuss their present problems.

The speakers to treat the various themes are selected in advance from the European and American continents. The discussions will be arranged on the following general plan:—

After the opening of the Congress on Monday afternoon, September 19, will follow, on Tuesday forenoon, addresses on main divisions of science and its applications, the general theme being the unification of each of the fields treated. These will be followed by two addresses on each of the twenty-four great departments of knowledge. The theme of one address in each case will be the Fundamental Conceptions and Methods, while the other will set forth the progress during the last century. The preceding addresses will be delivered by Americans, making the work of the first two days the contribution of American scholars.

On the third day, with the opening of the sections, the international work will begin. One hundred twenty-eight sectional meetings will be held on the four remaining days of the Congress, at each of which two papers will be read, the theme of one being suggested by the relations of the special branch treated to other branches; the other by its present problems. Three hours will be devoted to each sectional meeting, thus enabling each hearer to attend eight such meetings, if he so desires. The programme is so arranged that related subjects will be treated, as far as possible, at different times. The length of the principal addresses being limited to forty-five minutes each, there will remain at least one hour for five or six brief communications in each section. The addresses in each department will be collected and published in a special volume.

It is hoped that the living influence of this meeting will be yet more important than the formal addresses, and that the scholars whose names are announced in the following programme of speakers and chairmen will form only a nucleus for the gathering of thousands who feel in sympathy with the efforts to bring unity into the world of knowledge.

ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGRESS