Table of Contents

1. Background.- I. Ludwig Feuerbach: Father of German Materialism.- II. Reaction in the Fifties.- 2. The Scientific Materialists and their Works.- III. Karl Vogt: Sounding the Alarm.- IV. Jacob Moleschott: ‘Für das Volk’.- V. Ludwig Büchner: Summarizer and Spokesman.- VI. Heinrich Czolbe: Irreführender Materialist.- 3. Issues.- VII. Of Philosophy and Science.- VIII. Controversies in Biology.- IX. Materialism and Society.- Concluding Remarks.- Notes.