CHAPTER III.

CONCEPTION 53

PART FIRST.

THE PRESENTATIVE POWER.

SENSE, OR PERCEPTION BY THE SENSES 58

SECTION I.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 59

SECTION II.--ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEPTIVE PROCESS 61

SECTION III.--ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE QUALITIES OF BODIES 65

SECTION IV.--ORGANS OF SENSE--ANALYSIS OF THEIR SEVERAL FUNCTIONS 68

SECTION V.--AMOUNT OF INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE RESPECTIVE SENSES 72

SECTION VI.--CREDIBILITY OF OUR SENSATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS 81

SECTION VII.--HISTORICAL SKETCH 84

I. OF DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF THE QUALITIES OF BODIES 84

II. OF DIFFERENT THEORIES OF PERCEPTION 87

PART SECOND.

THE REPRESENTATIVE POWER.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 94