The Perception of Causality

Foreword by Professor R.C. Oldfield. Preface to the English Edition. Translators' Glossary. Author's Note. Introduction. 1. The Problem 2. The Experimental Apparatus Mechanical Causality Part 1: The Launching Effect 3. The Segregative Influence of the Objects 4. The Polarising Influence of the Objects 5. The Phenomenal Aspect of the Objects 6. Spatio-Temporal Integration 7. The Speeds and the Hierarchisation of the Movements 8. The Launching Effect seen as a Whole Part 2: The Entraining Effect 9. The Structural Organisation of the Entraining Effect 10. Launching-by-Expulsion 11. Propulsion 12. Animal Locomotion 13. Tactile-Kinaesthetic Perception of Mechanical Causality 14. Ampliation of the Movement Qualitative Causality 15. Movement of One Object linked with Qualitative Change in Another 16. The Linking of Qualitative Changes in Two Objects The Origin of the Idea of Causality 17. Critical Reflections on Different Theories Appendices 1. A Special Case of Propulsion: the Trace-making Effect 2. Theory of Phenomenal Causality. New Perspectives Commentary (by T.R. Miles). References. Index of Authors. Index of Subjects.