Change, law of consciousness, 245
Cognition, 15, 33, 58, 98, 105, 107, 117, 123, 140, 141, 145, 153, 155, 157, 162, 184, 190, 195, 208, 225, 228, 241, 243, 246, 251, 260, 262, 264, 266
Comte, Auguste, 213
Concepts, method of, 6, 7; metaphysics of, 8, 223
Conclusion, 234-255
Condillac, 98
Condition, normal, 80
Consciousness, 58, 195; anatomical ignorance of, 237, 238; definition of: relation subject-object, categories of the understanding, separability of the consciousness from its object, idealism, 96-134; as dialyser, 244; law of, 275, 276; and nerve current, 247-255; manifestations of, 236; of a state, 63; origin of, 180; phenomena of, 17, 88, 190, 210, 223; useless luxury, 222
Contiguity, law of, 169, 170, 173
Current, motor, psychology of, 248, 249; nerve, 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 276; sensory, 250
DANTEC, "Les Lois Naturelles," 10
Dastre, "La Vie et la Mort," 10, 145
Democritus, 158
Descartes, 64, 77, 78, 97, 152, 193 "Discours de la Méthode," 77
Dreams, 82, 87
Dualism, of mind and matter, 69, 71, 182, 140, 155, 182, 254, 263
Duality, of sensation, 78; of ideation, 78; of consciousness and object, 199; of nature, 224; of soul and body, 269
Duhem, evolution of mechanics, 10
Ebbinghaus, 160, 161
Eccentricity, law of, 247
Effort, psychological nature of, 94; sensation of, 249, 263
Ego, 75, 86, 88, 89, 99, 152; and non-ego, 96, 100, 101
Emotions, definitions of the, 88-95, 263
Energy, 30, 31
Enumeration, method of, 6
Epiphenomenon, 222
"Étude Expérimentale de l'Intelligence" (Binet), 8
Excitant, the, 18, 21, 22, 83, 244, 257, 258, 266
Existence or reality, 84, 85
Externospection, 140-146
Fathers of the Church, 201
Fechner, 149
Ferrier, 73
Finality, definition of, 163
Flournoy, 70, 73, 182, 191, 198
Geneva, congress of, philosophy at, 226
Goblot, E., "La Finalité sans Intelligence," 164
Habit, law of, 250
Hallucinations, 81, 82, 87
Hamilton, William, 47, 65, 256; "Philosophy" of, 47
Herbart, 90, 91
Herrick, C. L., 86
Heterogeneity, axiom of, 182, 183; principle of, 8, 73, 74, 182, 183, 194, 205, 206, 208, 215, 269
"Histoire du Matérialisme" (Lange), 137
Hume, 64, 109
Huxley, 118, 222
Idealism, principle of, 64, 73, 119-125; refutation of, 95-200
Ideation, duality of, 78, 80
Identity, 221
Image, definition of the, 76-87, 263
Intellectualism, definition of, 166
Intelligence, only inactive consciousness, 117; materialist explanation of, 204
Inter-actionism, 185
Introspection, 140-146
Intuition, 269
James, William, theory of emotion, 91-94; 100, 163
"Journal of Philosophy," 100
Kant, 34, 106, 107, 108, 181, 190, 235
Kelvin, Lord, 11
Knowable, the, 4, 5, 7
Knowledge and its object, 55-59; two groups of, 98
Külpe, 160
"L'Ame et le Corps," 3
"La Finalité sans Intelligence" (Goblot), 164
"La Nouvelle Monadologie" (Renouvier et Prat), 64
"La Philosophie de Hamilton," 47
"La Vie et la Mort" (Dastre), 10
Ladd, 58 _note_[14]
Lange, theory of emotion, 91; "Histoire du Matérialisme," 137
Law of contiguity, 162 _note_[37], 169, 170, 173
Law of eccentricity, 247
Law of mental expression rejected, 162 _note_[37]; mental distinguished from physical, 163
Law, psychological compared with natural, 167, 168
Law of relativity of cognition, 245
Law of similarity, 162 _note_[37], 169, 170
Le Bon, Gustave ("l'Evolution de la Matière"), 27
"Le Paralogisme psycho-physiologique" (Bergson), 226
"Le Personnellisme" (Renouvier), 226
"Leçons de Philosophie" (Rabier), 148
Leibnitz, 129, 195, 220
Littré, 207
Locke, 139
"Logical and Psychological Distinction between the True and the Real" (Herrick), 86
Lotze, 73, 148
Lyons, 66
Mach, 160
Materialism, origin and definition of, 201-203; refutation of, 203-214; 269, 275
"Matière et Mémoire" (Bergson), 86, 226, 229, 230, 271
Matter, definition of, 3-51; description of, 256-260; distinct from mind, 3; domain of physics, 6; mechanical theories of, 27-43; non-significant properties of, 172, 173; _X_ of; 18, 21, 25, 49
Mechanics, fetichism of, 220
Mechanism, nervous, to imitate intellectual act, 221
Metaphysics, 128 _note_[31], 234, 235
"Métaphysique et Psychologie" (Flournoy), 182
Method, rule of, 5; of concepts and enumeration, 6
Meudon, 152
Mill, John Stuart, 13, 19, 47, 64, 116, 121
Mind, definition of, 55-175; 260-266; distinction between, and matter, 3; domain of psychology, 6; incomplete life of, 179-190; inseparability of, and matter, 185; inventory of 56; "Mind and Body" (Bain), 3, 219
Monadism, 195
Monism, 69, 271
Motion, 35
Movement, molecular, 73; vibratory, 31
Müller, 21
Münsterberg, 160
Nerves, motor, 228, 230; power of distinction, 22; specific energy of, 21, 46, 242; sensory, 228, 230, 232, 273, 275; vibrations of, 242, 243; nervous system, 16, 17, 24, 25, 44, 45, 48, 115, 228, 241, 257, 258, 274, 275
Noumena, 34, 35, 43, 109, 142 _note_[34], 260, 271
Object. See _Subject_
Observation, 235
Organ, function of, material, 206
Ostwald, 10
Panmaterialism, 70
Panpsychism, 70, 195, 198
Parallelism, definition of, 214-220; refutation of, 221-224; 251; 252, 270-272; 275
Parallelist theory, 132
Perceptible, the, 84, 85
Perception, intermediate character of, 15; of a child, 232
Personality, formation of, 100
Phenomena, auditory, 37; physical, 30, 31; visual, 37
Phenomenism of Berkeley, 109 _note_[26]
"Philosophical Review," 70
Philosophy, history of, 200
"Philosophy of Hamilton" (J. S. Mill), 47
Pilon, 113
Plato, 201
Preadaptation, process of, 164-175
Prince, Morton, 70
Probabilism forced upon us, 174
"Psychical Review," 86
"Psychologie," 112
"Psychologie du Raisonnement" (Binet), 113
Psychology, definitions of, 135-175, 265, 266
Rabier, E., 98, 112, 148
Radio-activity, 27
Reason developed according to law, 169
Recapitulation, 256-276
Reid, Thomas, 47, 65, 259
Relativity, principle of, 104, 109, 252
Renouvier, 64, 97, 106, 205, 226
"Revue Générale des Sciences," 10
"Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale," 164, 226
"Revue de Philosophie," 10
Raymond, Du Bois, 73
Ribot, 137
Search, direction of, 5, 6
Sensation, 10, 14, 35, 44, 50, 51, 55; definition of, 60-75; mistrusted by physicists, 28-30; only means of acquaintance with outer world, 10-26, 50, 256-259; physical or mental, 261-266; visual, 73
Sensibility, cerebral, 239, 240; employment in physiology, 61
Separation of consciousness from its object, 126-134
Similarity. See _Law_
Simon, Dr., 209
Société Française de Philosophie, 256
Soul, distinct from body, 77; union of body and, 179-276
Souls, disembodied, 45
Specificity of Nerves. See _Nerves_
Spencer, Herbert, 245
Spiritualism, refutation of, 192, 195, 268, 269
Strong, M., 195
Subject, defined and distinguished from object, 96
Substance, definition of, 102
Substantialism, 134
Symbols, mechanical theories of matter, 27-43
System, nervous, 16, 17, 24, 25, 44, 45, 48, 115, 228, 241, 257, 258, 274, 275
Taine, 79
Theories, modern, 225-233
Thought, not a movement, 7, 8; characteristics of, 76
Truth, 84, 85
Tyndall, 89, 207
Unconsciousness, 127-133
Understanding, categories of the, 103-118
Unknowable, the, 25, 26
Union of mind and body, problem of, 273; of soul and body, 179-276
Verne, Jules, 267
Vogt, Karl, 204
Wave, molecular, 273, 274, 276; nerve, 243
Will, the most characteristic psychical function, 166, 167
World, assembly of sensations, 26; our ideas, 65; external known only by our sensations, 10-26; 50, 256-259
_X_ of matter, 18, 21, 25, 49
Zoologist, visual sensations of, 13
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