| Description |
x, 355 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Empirical.--pt. 2. Metaphysical. |
| Summary |
"The reader will find in this book (1) a sketch of an explanation of the connection of mind and body; (2) a proposal, based thereon, for a settlement of the controversy between the parallelists and the interactionists. (1) The explanation of the connection of mind and body is not in substance new. It is that which is implied in the panpsychism of Fechner and Clifford. Brief expositions of it have been given by Paulsen in his Einleitung in die Philosophie--indeed, to Paulsen I owe my first acquaintance with it--and, more recently, by Stout in the chapter "Body and Mind" of his manual. What specially characterizes my treatment of the matter is the detailed working-out of the conception in terms of the hypothesis of mental causality. I have also set forth somewhat elaborately the scientific and metaphysical premises on which it rests. (2) A further merit of the explanation is that it enables us to settle the controversy between the interactionists and the parallelists in a way satisfactory to both parties. Parallelism is commonly supposed to deny the efficiency of mind; and this is felt to be the great objection to it. The proposition that, so far from denying efficiency, parallelism involves and implies it, may even seem to the reader a contradiction in terms. Yet this is a proposition which the panpsychist theory permits us to justify. In his article "Are we automata?" in Mind for 1879 (vol. iv., pp. 1-22), Professor James made the prediction that, if the 'automaton theory' should ever prove to be the truth, it would be in a translated form in which our common-sense belief in the efficiency of mind would be recognized as essentially accurate. In Dr. Stout's theory and mine this prophecy finds its fulfillment"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Form |
Also issued in print. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Mind and body.
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Psychophysiology.
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Holistic Health.
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| Other Form: |
Original (DLC) 03011843 |
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