The Principles of Psychology, Volumen2D. Appleton, 1882 |
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... colour , taste , smell ; of amount in weight and heat ; of relative hardness ; of relative duration ; are in themselves inexact . Hence , as we know that by quantita- tive reasoning of the higher orders , perfectly definite results are ...
... colour , taste , smell ; of amount in weight and heat ; of relative hardness ; of relative duration ; are in themselves inexact . Hence , as we know that by quantita- tive reasoning of the higher orders , perfectly definite results are ...
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... colours , degrees of hardness ; and we speak of equal ratios or relations , when the terms are magnitudes ; but we do not speak of relations of coexistence as equal . Here , however , we are dealing , not with words in their ...
... colours , degrees of hardness ; and we speak of equal ratios or relations , when the terms are magnitudes ; but we do not speak of relations of coexistence as equal . Here , however , we are dealing , not with words in their ...
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... colours , etc .; and that I proceed to dissect this with the expectation of finding in it the anomalous eighth cervical vertebra . What are the terms with which I am dealing ; and what is the course of my thought ? I consider that my ...
... colours , etc .; and that I proceed to dissect this with the expectation of finding in it the anomalous eighth cervical vertebra . What are the terms with which I am dealing ; and what is the course of my thought ? I consider that my ...
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... colour , weight , texture , hardness - things which , if equal in some particulars , are rarely equal in all , and therefore rarely indistinguishable ; then we use the term like to express , partly the approximate equality of the ...
... colour , weight , texture , hardness - things which , if equal in some particulars , are rarely equal in all , and therefore rarely indistinguishable ; then we use the term like to express , partly the approximate equality of the ...
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... colour , stature , bulk , in minor peculiarities of form , and in their mental manifestations ; yet they are alike in so many leading characters that there is no hesitation in grouping them together . When , again , it is argued " All ...
... colour , stature , bulk , in minor peculiarities of form , and in their mental manifestations ; yet they are alike in so many leading characters that there is no hesitation in grouping them together . When , again , it is argued " All ...
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accompanying actions æsthetic antecedent arise asserted attri attributes axiom become before-known body cause changes in consciousness chapter classification coexistent positions cognition colour complex conceived conception conclusion connatural connexion consciousness of space considered correlations definite degree developed elements equal established excited existence experiences extension external eyes fact faint feelings further Hence ideas implies impressions induction inference intensive quantities intuition involved kind known less magnitudes manifest mental mind motion muscular tension nature nervous ness nexions objective correlations objective sciences observed pain particular perceived perception phenomena predicated premiss present produced proposition quantitative reasoning recognized reflex action rela relation of coexistence relation of ideas represented resistance respect retina riences sciousness sensations sentiments sequence simultaneously Sir William Hamilton sound structure subject and object successive suppose surface syllogism symbols tactual things thought tion touch truth unlike visual visual perception vivid aggregate words
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Página 342 - ALL the objects of human reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit. Relations of Ideas, and Matters of Fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic; and in short, every affirmation which is either intuitively or demonstratively certain.
Página 24 - If a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles ; and the three interior angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles.
Página 342 - Matters of fact, which are the second objects of human reason, are not ascertained in the same manner; nor is our evidence of their truth, however great, of a like nature with the foregoing. The contrary of every matter of fact is still possible; because it can never imply a contradiction, and is conceived by the mind with the same facility and distinctness, as if ever so conformable to reality.
Página 199 - The sense of space, and in the end the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c. were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity.
Página 347 - Propositions of this kind are discoverable by the mere operation of thought, without dependence on what is anywhere existent in the universe.
Página 321 - I can imagine a man with two heads, or the upper parts of a man joined to the body of a horse. I can consider the hand, the eye, the nose, each by itself abstracted or separated from the rest of the body. But then, whatever hand or eye I imagine, it must have some particular shape and colour.
Página 329 - By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. And impressions are distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions of which we are conscious when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned.
Página 404 - Accordingly, no geometrical proposition, as, for instance, that any two sides of a triangle are greater than the third side, can ever be derived from the general conceptions of line and triangle, but only from perception.
Página 357 - Elsewhere he unites these statements, saying — " but space and time are not merely forms of sensuous intuition, but intuitions themselves.
Página 321 - And it is equally impossible for me to form the abstract idea of motion distinct from the body moving, and which is neither swift nor slow, curvilinear nor rectilinear ; and the like may be said of all other abstract general ideas whatsoever.