Psychology
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published: 1890
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS.; title: INTRODUCTION.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Definition and Scope of Psychology . Pp. 1 — 10; title: Definitions of Psychology, Mind, Soul, Ego, Spirit, i seq. — Phenomenal or Empirical and Rational Psychology, 3 — Distinguished from Cosmology and Logic, 6 — From Ethics, 8 — Relation of Psychology to Physiology, 9.; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Method of Psychology Pp. 11 — 24; title: Psychology a Science, 11 — Introspective Method, 12 — Objec- tive or Supplementary Methods, 13 — Employed by Ancients, 17 — Method of Rational Psychology, ib — Diverse classes of opponents, to this view of the scope and method of Psychology, 18 — Objections; title: of Maudsley answered, 20.; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Classification of Mental Faculties . . Pp. 25 — 40; title: Meaning of Consciousness, 25 — Meaning of Faculty, Power,. Capacity, 26 — Division of Faculties, 27 — Subdivision, 30 — Classification adopted by Aristotle, 31 — St. Thomas, 32 — Reid, Stewart, and Hamilton, 32 — Bain, 33 — Herbert Spencer, 34 — Attacks on the Faculty Hypothesis," 34— Mutual relations of the Faculties, 38— Faculty of Feeling, 39.; title: Empirical or Phenomenal Psychology.; title: Part I. — Sensuous Life.; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Sensation Pp. 41—56; title: Definition of Sensation, 41 — Physiological conditions of Sensation, 42 — Nervous system, 43 — Properties of Sensation, 43 — Sensation and Perception, ^fr-Species, 49 — Psychophysics, 53.; title: CHAPTER V.; title: The Senses Pp. 57—88; title: Classification of the Senses, 57 — Sense of Taste, 59 — Smell, 60 — Touch, 62 — Organic Sensations, 63 — Sense of contact, 65 — Muscular Sensations, 71 — Hearing, 75 — Sight, 80 — Comparison of the Senses, 86.; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Perception of the Material World. Critical Sketch of the leading theories of External Perception .... Pp. 89 — 116; title: Validity of External Perception, 89 — Different views as to the nature of Perception, 92 — Mediate and Immediate Perception, 93 — True doctrine, 94 — Historical Sketch : Descartes, Locke, 100 — Berkeley, 101 — Hume, 102 — Mill and Dr. Bain, 103 — Kant, 109 — Herbert Spencer, 115.; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Development of Sense-Perception. Education of the Senses Pp. 117—156; title: Complex nature of perceptional process, 117 — Action of Intellect, 118 — Development of Tactual Perception, 120 — Of Visual Perception, 129 — Of Auditory Perception, 136 — Of Gustatory and Olfactory Perception, 137 — Objections against Natural Realism, 138 — Binocular Vision* 142 — Primary and Secondary Qualities of Matter, 145 — Relativity of Knowledge, 150.; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: The Internal Senses Pp. 157—163; title: The Four Internal Senses, 157 — Sensus Communis, 157 — Vis JEstimativa, 158 — Sentimento Fondamentale, 159 — Various meanings of Internal Sense and Common Sense, 161.; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: Imagination Pp. 164 — 180; title: Nature of Imagination or Phantasy, 164— Opposed to Perception, 165 — Productive Imagination, 166 — Imagination and Science, 168 — Fancy, 171— Illusions and Hallucinations, 172— Dreams, 175.; title: CHAPTER X.; title: Memory. Mental Association .... Pp. 181 — 215; title: Memory defined, 181 — Reproduction, 182— Laws of Association and Suggestion, 184 — Similarity, 184 — Contrast, 185 — Contiguity, 186 — Reduction of these laws, 187 — Cooperative associations, 191 — Conflicting associations, 192 — Secondary laws, 193 — Retention, 195 — Hamilton's theory, 196 — Materialistic theory, 199 — Recognition, 200 — Reminiscence, 201— Memory, sensuous and intellectual, 203 — Estimation of Time, 204 — Expectation, 206 — Historical Sketch of Associationism, 207.; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Sensuous Appetite and Locomotion . . Pp. 216—222; title: Appetitive powers, 216— Scholastic doctrine, 217 — Locomotion, 218 — Movements classified, 219— Analysis of Voluntary Movement, 220.; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: Feeling Pp. 223—230; title: Feeling and other terms defined, 223 — Aristotle's theory of Feeling, 224 — Nature and conditions of Pleasure and Pain, 225— Feeling not the activity of a third Faculty, 228.; title: BOOK I.; title: Part II. — Rational Life.; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: Intellect and Sense Pp. 231—255; title: Antiquity of Sensism, 231 — Essential difference of Sense and Intellect asserted, 232 — Proved by Attention, 235 — Comparison and Judgment, 237— Universal and abstract Concepts, 238— Necessary udgments, 241 — Reflexion and Self-consciousness, 243 — Spiritual nature of Intellect, 244 — Balmez on supra-sensuous activity, 248 — Lotze, 252.; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: Conception. Origin of Intellectual Ideas.; title: Erroneous Theories Pp. 256—289; title: Theory of Innate Ideas, 256 — Empiricism, 258 — Historical 'Sketch : Plato, 259 — Descartes, 260 — Leibnitz, 262 — Rosmini, 2265 — Kant, 266 — Locke, 270 — Dr. Bain, 272 — Mr. Sully, 277 — Necessary Truth, Associationism, 279 — Evolutionism, 284 — Intuitionalism, 287.; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: Conception. Origin of Intellectual Ideas (continued). The Peripatetic Doctrine . Pp. 290 — 304; title: Peripatetic Theory of Abstraction, 291 — Species intelligibiles, 293 — The Intellectus A gens, 294 — Summary of the Doctrine, 295 — Verbum mentale, 297 — Elaboration of Formally Universal Concepts, 297 — intuition of Necessary Truth, 299 — Idea of Being, 300 — Objections.; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: Judgment and Reasoning  . . . . Pp. 305 — 331; title: Judgment, 305— Comparison,- 307— Assent and Consent', 308— Reasoning, 309 — Deduction and Induction, 310 — Reason and Understanding, 310 — On Belief, 311 — Hume and James Mill, 312— Bain, 313 — Belief distinguished from Knowledge, 314 — Causes of Belief, 317 — Effects of Belief, 319— Nature of Conscience, 320— Moral Sense Doctrine, 321 — Associationist Theory, 324 — Evolutionist Doctrine, 326 — Kant's view, 329 — Butler, 330.; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: Intellectual Attention, Deflexion, Self, and other Important Ideas . . Pp. 332 — 354; title: Attention, Voluntary and Involuntary, 332 — Laws of Attention, 333 — Effect of Attention, 335— Attention and Genius, 336 — Attention, Reflexion, and Self-consciousness, 337 — The Soul's Knowledge -of itself and of its States, 338 — The phenomenal Ego, 343 — Associationist account of the idea of Self, 344 — Idea of Substance, 348 — Causality, 349— The Infinite, 351— £pace, 352— Time, 353.; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: Rational Appetite, Desire, Free- Will . . Pp. 355—393; title: Nature of Desire, 355— Chief Desires, 358 — Development of Desire, 359— Free-will, 361— The precise Question, 364— Proof of Free-will, 365— Psychological Argument, 366— Ethical Argument, 3?2— Metaphysical Argument, 376 — Objections, 380 — Psychological, 38o-T7Metaphysical, 386— From Physical Science, 388— From Theo- logy. 39i-; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: 'The Emotions. Emotional and Rational Language Pp. 394—437; title: Faculty of Feeling, 394 — Scholastic treatment of Emotions, 395 — Chief species of Emotion, 397 — Self-regarding Emotions, 398—- Altruistic Emotions, 400 — Emotion of Power, 402 — Emotions of Change and Intellectual Activity, 405 — Esthetic Emotions, 408 — Moral Sentiment, 416— Emotions not acts of a special Faculty, 416 — Difficulties of classifying Emotions, 418 — Schemes of Spinoza, 419 — Reid, Brown, and Gamier, 420 — Hamilton, and Spencer, 421 — Expression of Emotions, 423 — Views of Sir Charles Bell and Dr. Bain, 424 — Of Darwin, 425 — Of Spencer, 428 — Of Wundt, 431 — Origin of Language, 432.; title: BOOK II.; title: Rational Psychology.; title: Introductory Pp. 439 — 442; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: Substantiality and Simplicity of the Human Soul . Pp. 443—449; title: The Soul a Substantial Principle, 443 — Simple or Indivisible, 444 — Proved from the nature of Intellectual Ideas, 444 — From Judgment and Inference, 445— From Memory, 447 — From Volition, 448-; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: The Spirituality of the Soul . . Pp. 450—467; title: The Soul Spiritual, 450— Proved from Thought, 452— Self- consciousness, 452— Will, 454 — Objections of Materialism, 455.; title: CHAPTER XXII.; title: Recent Theories concerning the Soul. The Doctrine of the " Double-Aspect " . Pp. 468 — 483; title: The Double- Aspect Theory, 468— Professor, Clifford's view, 469 — Dr. Bain's view, 472 — Mr. Spencer's view, 472 — Disproof of the doctrine, 474 — Unwarrantable assumption of Universality of Mind, 474 — Absurdity of " Mind-stuff," 476— Incredible consequences of the "Aspect" conception of Mind, 477— Use of obscure and sophistical terms, 481.; title: CHAPTER XXIII.; title: Immortality of the Soul Pp. 484—500; title: Meaning of Immortality, 484— The Soul Incorruptible, 487 — Incapable of Annihilation by any Creature, 487 — Does not perish at Death, 489— Proved from the Moral Law, 489— From the Desire of Happiness, 491— From Universal Judgment, 493— Objections, 495-; title: CHAPTER XXIV.; title: Individuality and Unity of the Soul. Vitalism, Animism, Organicism . . Pp. 501 — 512; title: Individuality of the Human Soul, 501 — Unity of the Soul, 502 — Reality of an active Vital Energy in living organisms, 504 — Life- only from Life, 505 — Identity of the Vegetative, Sentient, and Rational Soul in Man, 508 — Definitions of Life, 510 — Objections, 511.; title: CHAPTER XXV.; title: The Union of Soul and Body .... Pp. 513 — 524; title: Theories of Plato, 513 — Of Occasionalism, 514 — Of Pre- established Harmony, 515 — Scholastic Doctrine, 515— The Four Causes, 516 — The Soul the Form of the Body, 518 — Soul and Body One Nature and Person, 520— Matter and Form with Aristotle- and Kant, 522.; title: CHAPTER XXVI.; title: Locus of the Soul. Phrenology ; Localization of Cerebral Functions .... Pp. 525 — 534.; title: Seat of the Soul, 525— Ubiquitous in the Body, 527— Phrenology, 509— Functions of the Brain, 520; — " Motor-centres," 531 — Objections to theories of Localization, 533.; title: CHAPTER XXVII.; title: Origin of the Soul. Evolution .... Pp. 535 — 545; title: Theories of Emanation, 536 — Of Traducianism, 536 — Of Creation, 536 — Objections, 537 — Time of origin, 538 — First Human Soul: Evolution, 540 — Different Schools of, 541 — Evolution and Theology, 543— The Human Soul not produced by Evolution, 544.; title: SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER.; title: Animal Psychology Pp. 546—558:; title: Comparative Sciences, 546 — Difficulties of Animal Psychology. 547 — Cartesian Theory, Sentiency of Brutes, 549 — Brutes devoid of Intellect, 550 — Instinct, 554 — Its origin, 556.