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... universe of things or objects similar to what we ourselves are . My feeling about the whole ' Philosophy of the Human Mind is this : that at present it is attacked , and with reason , from two opposite sides ; that its philosophy will ...
... universe of things or objects similar to what we ourselves are . My feeling about the whole ' Philosophy of the Human Mind is this : that at present it is attacked , and with reason , from two opposite sides ; that its philosophy will ...
Page x
... universe , the lower animals : mind belongs to them as well as to us . Mental human anatomy , which is of two kinds , the anatomy of the body pursued as far as it can be in the direction of the mind , and the observation of the results ...
... universe , the lower animals : mind belongs to them as well as to us . Mental human anatomy , which is of two kinds , the anatomy of the body pursued as far as it can be in the direction of the mind , and the observation of the results ...
Page xi
... universe , but as we understand , think , feel them of ourselves and from within , is something to me of an entirely different nature , and leads to entirely different fields of speculation from the physio- psychology which I have been ...
... universe , but as we understand , think , feel them of ourselves and from within , is something to me of an entirely different nature , and leads to entirely different fields of speculation from the physio- psychology which I have been ...
Page xiii
... universe to which belongs the physio- psychology of which I lately spoke : and what I said about that applies to the many other sciences into which this study of the universe divides itself . The error belonging to it consists in its ...
... universe to which belongs the physio- psychology of which I lately spoke : and what I said about that applies to the many other sciences into which this study of the universe divides itself . The error belonging to it consists in its ...
Page xv
... universe . This I have variously commented on . I think the purpose of what I have said may be better understood through a few words here to the following effect . One of the branches of science in which perhaps at this moment ( in ...
... universe . This I have variously commented on . I think the purpose of what I have said may be better understood through a few words here to the following effect . One of the branches of science in which perhaps at this moment ( in ...
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Page 228 - He knows that there is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature, if it be theory to infer more than we see. But other men unaware of this masquerade, hold it to be a fact that they see cubes and spheres, spacious apartments and winding avenues. And these things are facts to them, because they are unconscious of the mental operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise.
Page 63 - Because existence is not cognizable, absolutely and in itself, but only in special modes ; 2°, Because these modes can be known only if they stand in a certain relation to our faculties ; and 3°, Because the modes thus relative to our faculties are presented to, and known by, the mind only under modifications determined by these faculties themselves.