Spencerism

Spencerism
Spen·cer·ism (spĕnʹsə-rĭz'əm) also Spen·ce·ri·an·ism (spĕn-sîrʹē-ə-nĭz'əm) n.
The system of thought developed by Herbert Spencer, setting forth the idea that evolution is the passage from the simple, indefinite, and incoherent to the complex, definite, and coherent.

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Universalium. 2010.

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