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DOVER BOOKS ON BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Title Page
Copyright Page
PREFACE.
Dedication
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. - THE SCOPE OF PSYCHOLOGY.
CHAPTER II. - THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN.
THE FROG’S NERVE-CENTRES.
GENERAL NOTION OF HEMISPHERES.
THE EDUCATION OF THE HEMISPHERES.
THE PHRENOLOGICAL CONCEPTION.
THE LOCALIZATION OF FUNCTIONS IN THE HEMISPHERES.
MAN’S CONSCIOUSNESS LIMITED TO THE HEMISPHERES.
THE RESTITUTION OF FUNCTION.
FINAL CORRECTION OF THE MEYNERT SCHEME.
CONCLUSION.
CHAPTER III. - ON SOME GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BRAIN-ACTIVITY.
REACTION-TIME.
CEREBRAL BLOOD-SUPPLY.
CEREBRAL THERMOMETRY.
CHAPTER IV. - HABIT.
CHAPTER V. - THE AUTOMATON-THEORY.
REASONS FOR THE THEORY.
REASONS AGAINST THE THEORY.
CHAPTER VI. - THE MIND-STUFF THEORY.
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY DEMANDS A MIND-DUST.
SOME ALLEGED PROOFS THAT MIND-DUST EXISTS.
REFUTATION OF THESE PROOFS.
SELF-COMPOUNDING OF MENTAL FACTS IS INADMISSIBLE.
CAN STATES OF MIND BE UNCONSCIOUS?
DIFFICULTY OF STATING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MIND AND BRAIN.
THE MATERIAL-MONAD THEORY.
THE SOUL-THEORY.
CHAPTER VII. - THE METHODS AND SNARES OF PSYCHOLOGY.
PSYCHOLOGY IS A NATURAL SCIENCE.
THE METHODS OF INVESTIGATION.
THE SOURCES OF ERROR IN PSYCHOLOGY.
CHAPTER VIII. - THE RELATIONS OF MINDS TO OTHER THINGS.
TIME-RELATIONS.
RELATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS TO SPACE.
THE RELATIONS OF MINDS TO OTHER OBJECTS
CHAPTER IX. - THE STREAM OF THOUGHT.
FIVE CHARACTERS IN THOUGHT.
CHAPTER X. - THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SELF.
THE EMPIRICAL SELF OR ME.
RIVALRY AND CONFLICT OF THE DIFFERENT SELVES.
WHAT SELF IS LOVED IN ‘SELF-LOVE’? P
THE PURE EGO.
THE PURE SELF OR INNER PRINCIPLE OF PERSONAL UNITY.
THE TRANSCENDENTALIST THEORY.
THE MUTATIONS OF THE SELF
SUMMARY.
CHAPTER XI. - ATTENTION.
TO HOW MANY THINGS CAN WE ATTEND AT ONCE?
THE VARIETIES OF ATTENTION.
THE EFFECTS OF ATTENTION.
THE INTIMATE NATURE OF THE ATTENTIVE PROCESS.
IS VOLUNTARY ATTENTION A RESULTANT OR A FORCE P
INATTENTION.
CHAPTER XII. - CONCEPTION.
THE SENSE OF SAMENESS.
CONCEPTION DEFINED.
CONCEPTIONS ARE UNCHANGEABLE.
‘ABSTRACT’ IDEAS.
UNIVERSALS.
CHAPTER XIII. - DISCRIMINATION AND COMPARISON.
THE PRINCIPLE OF MEDIATE COMPARISON.
ARE ALL DIFFERENCES DIFFERENCES OF COMPOSITION ?
THE CONDITIONS OF DISCRIMINATION.
THE PROCESS OF ANALYSIS.
THE PROCESS OF ABSTRACTION.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF DISCRIMINATION BY PRACTICE.
PRACTICAL INTERESTS LIMIT DISCRIMINATION.
REACTION-TIME AFTER DISCRIMINATION.
THE PERCEPTION OF LIKENESS.
THE MAGNITUDE OF DIFFERENCES.
THE MEASURE OF DISCRIMINATIVE SENSIBILITY.
CHAPTER XIV. - ASSOCIATION.
THE RAPIDITY OF ASSOCIATION.
THE LAW OF CONTIGUITY.
THE ELEMENTARY LAW OF ASSOCIATION.
ORDINARY OR MIXED ASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION BY SIMILARITY.
ASSOCIATION IN VOLUNTARY THOUGHT.
SIMILARITY NO ELEMENTARY LAW.
THE HISTORY OF OPINION CONCERNING ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER XV. - THE PERCEPTION OF TIME.
THE SENSIBLE PRESENT HAS DURATION.
ACCURACY OF OUR ESTIMATE OF SHORT DURATIONS.
WE HAVE NO SENSE FOR EMPTY TIME.
THE FEELING OF PAST TIME IS A PRESENT FEELING.
TO WHAT CEREBRAL PROCESS IS THE SENSE OF TIME DUE ?
CHAPTER XVI. - MEMORY.
PRIMARY MEMORY.
ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF MEMORY.
MEMORY’S CAUSES.
THE CONDITIONS OF GOODNESS IN MEMORY.
ONE’S NATIVE RETENTIVENESS IS UNCHANGEABLE.
EXACT MEASUREMENTS OF MEMORY
FORGETTING.
A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST
DOVER BOOKS ON WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
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