 It is quite true that, to the best of my judgment, the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally good of men; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness in us, as in them, are immediately caused by molecular changes of the brain-substance.  The American Naturalist - Page 3891908Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1885 - 900 pages
...(?) indicative of physical changes, not a cause of such changes. It is quite true that this reasoning holds equally good of men, and therefore that all...are immediately caused by molecular changes of the brain-substance. It seems to me that, in men as in brutes, there is no proof that any state of consciousness... | |
 | 1875 - 844 pages
...conclusions, unpledged to shore-up tottering dogmas, and anxious only to know the true beirings of the case. It is quite true that, to the best of my judgment,...are immediately caused by molecular changes of the brain-substance. It seems to me that in men, as in brutes, there is no proof that any state of consciousness... | |
 | Thomas Martin Herbert - Consciousness - 1879 - 512 pages
...that ' the conclusions deduced ' from the study of brutes are applicable to man,' he writes : — ' It is quite true that, to the best of my judgment, 'the argumentation which applies to brutos holds ' equally good of men.' 1 In accordance with this, the whole drift of the paper before... | |
 | Thomas Martin Herbert - Consciousness - 1879 - 480 pages
...that ' the conclusions deduced ' from the study of brutes are applicable to man,' he writes : — ' It is quite true that, to the best of my judgment, 'the argumentation which applies to brutos holds ' equally good of men.' l In accordance with this, the whole drift of the paper before... | |
 | John Quarry - 1880 - 216 pages
...is struck." He says this, it is true, of brutes ; but as he presently adds that, to the best of his judgment, the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally good of men, we may take the illustration to be meant for men also. As far as volition is concerned, the pendulum... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Culture - 1881 - 372 pages
...conclusions, unpledged to shore-up tottering dogmas, and anxious only to know the true bearings of the case. It is quite true that, to the best of my judgment,...are immediately caused by molecular changes of the brain-substance. It seems to me that in men, as in brutes, there is no proof that any state of consciousness... | |
 | Theology - 1881 - 440 pages
...conversely, cause those molecular changes which give rise to muscular motions ? I see no such evidence." • It is quite true that to the best of my judgment the...are immediately caused by molecular changes of the brain-substance. It seems to me that in men, as in brutes, there is no proof that any state of consciousness... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Science - 1882 - 372 pages
...conclusions, unpledged to shore-up tottering dogmas, and anxious only to know the true bearings of the case. It is quite true that, to the best of my judgment,...are immediately caused by molecular changes of the brain-substance. It seems to me that in men, as in brutes, there is no proof that any state of consciousness... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - Science - 1882 - 784 pages
...impressions, with the doubtful exception of impressions of touch. We come naturally to the conclusion that "the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally...are immediately caused by molecular changes of the brainsubstance. . . . The feeling we call volition is not the cause of a voluntary act, but the symbol... | |
 | Theology - 1882 - 820 pages
...conversely, cause those molecular i hanges which give rise to muscular motions ? I see no such evidence. " It is quite true that to the best of my judgment the argumentation tbich applies to brutes holds equally good of men ; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness... | |
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