The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps

CHAPTER II

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SPIRITUALISM AND IDEALISM

Spiritualist view that death cuts link between soul and body--Explanation of link fatal to system--Consciousness cannot exercise functions without objects of cognition--Idealism a kaleidoscopic system--Four affirmations of idealism: their inconsistency--Advantages of historical method