Chapter 1

THE MIND, OR CONSCIOUSNESS PAGE

1. How the mind is to be known: Personal character of consciousness--Introspection the only means of discovering nature of consciousness--How we introspect--Studying mental states of others through expression--Learning to interpret expression. 2. The nature of consciousness: Inner nature of the mind not revealed by introspection --Consciousness as a process or stream--Consciousness likened to a field--The "piling up" of consciousness is attention. 3. Content of the mental stream: Why we need minds--Content of consciousness determined by function--Three fundamental phases of consciousness. 4. Where consciousness resides: Consciousness works through the nervous system. 5. Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . . . 1