When1: 1870
When2: 1900
Who: Evolutionary Philosophy
What: philosophic school
Where: England
Detail: Herbert Spencer founded school that included W. W. Rende, William K. Clifford, Chauncey Wright, L. Stephen, S. Alexander, Benjamin Kidd, C. M. Williams, John Fiske, Thomas Henry Huxley, George Romanes, and J. M. Guyau. In evolution philosophy, new inventions and machines provided more power and control to people. Ideas about power and control in society began. Evolutionary theories developed about human progress, race, social class, and survival of fittest. Social Darwinism was a variant.
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