Philosophy

Mind and Motion and Monism

Of the contents of this little volume the section on _Mind and Motion_ which forms, in accordance with a suggestion of the author's, a general introduction, was delivered at Cambridge as the Rede Lecture in 1885, and was printed in the _Contemporary Review_ for June in that ye...

Chapters

8. Chapter 8

We have now seen that, according to Materialism, the Will is not an agent, while according both to Spiritualism and to Monism the Will is an agent. Touching the further question...

2. Chapter 2

The earliest writer who deserves to be called a psychologist is Hobbes; and if we consider the time when he wrote, we cannot fail to be surprised at what I may term his previsio...

6. Chapter 6

In the Introduction to this essay I have sought to show that there are, for the purposes of practical discussion, but three theories of the World of Being. There is, first, the...

4. Chapter 4

This is the theory which presents great fascination to the student of physical science. By laborious investigation physiology has established the fact beyond the reach of ration...

7. Chapter 7

In the foregoing chapters I have considered the theory of Monism, first in contrast with the theories of Materialism and of Spiritualism, and next in relation to the theory of T...

5. Chapter 5

We have seen, then, that both the alternative theories of Spiritualism and Materialism are found, when carefully examined, to be so beset with difficulties of a necessary and fu...

3. Chapter 3

In proceeding to consider the opposite theories of Spiritualism and Materialism, it is before all else desirable to be perfectly clear upon the point of theory whereby they are...

1. Chapter 1

Of the contents of this little volume the section on _Mind and Motion_ which forms, in accordance with a suggestion of the author's, a general introduction, was delivered at Cam...