... view ofthe educational processes of Nature, we find them arranging themselves under four great divisions, blending into each other, no doubt, like the kingdoms of Nature and the colours ofthe ... investigations of the philosopher are designed to direct the several operations ofthe physician, the surgeon, and the dentist; in the same way as the investigations ofthe Educationist are ... for cultivating the Powers ofthe Mind. The first step in Nature's educational process, is the cultivation ofthe powers ofthe mind; and, without entering into the recesses of metaphysics,...
... meaning thereby just that they feel,see, think, reason and so forth. According to this view of the matter, thephilosophyof mind is the philosophical study of minded things just insofar as they ... credibility to the extent that it is consistent with the other.METAPHYSICS AND THEPHILOSOPHYOF MIND The philosophyof mind is not only concerned with the philo-sophical analysis of mental or ... concep-tion ofthe whole of reality, we cannot hope to render compat-ible the theories and observations ofthe various differentsciences: and providing that conception is not the task of anyone of...
... possible. And the provision of just such a conception is one ofthe principaltasks of metaphysics.3 The point of these remarks is to emphasise there cannotbe progress either in thephilosophyof mind ... credibility to the extent that it is consistent with the other.METAPHYSICS AND THEPHILOSOPHYOF MIND The philosophyof mind is not only concerned with the philo-sophical analysis of mental or ... concep-tion ofthe whole of reality, we cannot hope to render compat-ible the theories and observations ofthe various differentsciences: and providing that conception is not the task of anyone of...
... alertother monkeys to the presence of various kinds of predator.19One type of call appears to represent the presence of eagles,another the presence of snakes, and yet another the presence of ... OF MENTAL CONTENTThese advantages ofthe teleological theory of representationover the causal theory may encourage us to try to extend itto the case of mental representation, that is, to the ... belief rather than simply to the actual15For a sophisticated version ofthe causal theory of representation, see Jerry A.Fodor, Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in thePhilosophyof Mind,...
... in Philosophyof Psycho-logy, Volume 1.An introduction to thephilosophyof mind50suitable pattern of causal relationships, as may the states of a bundle of human neurones, or the states of ... how-ever, one might think of identifying the type to which ourparticular chessman belongs in terms ofthe type of materialobject which plays the role ofthe bishop in the chess set of which this chessman ... family of views rather than a single doctrine, some of its proponentsregarding it more as an account of our concepts of mental states than as a theory of the nature of mental states themselves.Mental...
... and theirposition relative to one another – things such as the colourand shape ofthe tree and ofthe house, the interveningground between them, the sky behind them, and otherobjects in their ... in the ‘blind’ regions of their visual fields? After all, they them-selves strongly deny that they can see anything there. If the answer is given that they must be seeing something sincethey ... neither of them assigns any significant role in perception to the qualit-ative or phenomenal characteristics of perceptual experience.Indeed, neither of them really has any use for the notion of perceptual...
... was the readiest way of converting them to the principles ofthe Christian religion. These, then, were the first forerunners in the great cause ofthe abolition ofthe Slave Trade: nor have their ... held the reigns ofthe government of Spain till Charles the Fifth came to the throne, for the establishment of a regular system of commerce in the persons ofthe native Africans. The object of ... nature of it; and ofthe extent of it; and ofthe difficulty of subduing it.—Usefulness also ofthe contemplation of this subject. I scarcely know of any subject, the contemplation of which...
... Rajputs or Kshatryas ofthe north-west, the Arabs, Parsees, and Mahrattas ofthe west coast, the Singhalese ofthe extreme south, the Tamils ofthe east, and the Bengalis of the north-east. Mongolians ... comes the most difficult group to classify the aborigines ofthe interior, and of the hill ranges of Central India, the Kols, Gonds, Bhils, and others which have certain characteristics ofthe ... NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF BRITISH INDIA AND CEYLON. INTRODUCTION. In laying before the public the following historyofthe Indian Mammalia, I am actuated by the feeling...
... ofthe water from this bulb decreases the temperature ofthe mercury in the tube b in proportion to the dryness ofthe atmosphere, and the number of degrees the tube b indicates below that ofthe ... the ferro-citrate ofthe protoxide, or the peroxide of mercury, or ofthe protoxide of lead, by using creams of thesesalts, or by successive applications ofthe nitrates ofthe respective oxides, ... ruddy snuff-brown, the change of tint coming on rather suddenly about the end ofthe blue or beginning ofthe violet rays of the luminous spectrum. Beyond the extreme violet rays, the action rapidly...
... they, undesignedly of course, keep our Church in ignorance, not only ofthe absolute unity of the Churches in the region of Amoy, but also ofthe real progress ofthe cause of Christ and ofthe ... of thousands upon thousands ofthe saints ofthe Most High, is made to lie at the basis ofthe action ofthe lastSynod! History and Ecclesiastical Relations ofthe Churches ofthe Presbyterial Order ... according to the newplan, the Missionaries form themselves into the kind of Classis now required of them; what will be the relation ofthe Classis of Amoy to the Board of Foreign Missions? Is the Classis,...
... could. On the other hand, the new synthesis accepts the ethical ideal of concern for all humans; it embraces the democratic faith in the worth ofthe individual and seeks the welfare of all ... have arrived at the philoso-phy through the critical study ofthe materials of religion and the effort to meet the needs of their people in terms of to-day’s orientation are of increasing influence ... liaison officers among the many different and often iso-lated branches of knowledge; between the civilizations of the past and the present; between the great, living systems of belief that move the...
... other areas.Most accounts ofthehistoryofthe law of bills and notes arebased on the assumption that the main focus of this body of law hasalways been the concept of negotiability, in the ... the law of bills. The orthodox accounts ofthehistoryofthe law of bills and notespush to the level of a priori assumption all ofthe issues that oughtto be principal subjects ofthe historical ... the courts began to treat the rules ofthe lawmerchant as authentic principles of law, binding of their own force The incorporation theory ofthehistoryof commercial law in general...
... time of Alfred the Great,about the year 872; another in the early part ofthe reign of Athelstan about the year 925, and several others;besides three coins minted here of Ethelred, called the ... many, chiefly in the northern part ofthe city. The Excise-office, is at the Bull, in Magdalen-street. The Permit-office, in St. Peter's Hungate, opposite the Church. The Stamp-office, St. Giles's ... from the reservoir to the tower, for the supply of such parts of the city as are above the level ofthe reservoir, from whence it is distributed by cylinders and pipes of differentmaterials. The...
... absolutely ignorant ofthe meaning ofthe words Soul, Spirit, Intelligence: how, then, can we logically reason from the presence ofthe one to the existence ofthe other? I reject, then, even when ... further delay, that the hopes ofthe friends of association were groundless. Thus, then, the gentlemen ofthe Academy disavow, in their session-chamber, their announcements from the tripod! There ... seeking for the meaning and content ofthe idea of God; and that the tradesmen ofthe university will impute to me the impiety of demonstrating the non-value of their philosophical products, when...