Mind and the Brain
Being the Authorised Translation of L'Ame et le Corps
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2014
187 pages
978-1-77658-372-0 (ISBN)
Description
Where is the boundary line between the material world and our mental perception of it? It's a question that has perplexed philosophers for thousands of years. In this volume, French psychologist Alfred Binet -- one of the developers of the precursor to the modern IQ test -- approaches this age-old question from a scientific perspective.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- BOOK I - THE DEFINITION OF MATTER
- Chapter I - Introduction
- Chapter II - Our Knowledge of External Objects is Only Sensations
- Chapter III - The Mechanical Theories of Matter Are Only Symbols
- Chapter IV - Answers to Some Objections, and Summary
- BOOK II - THE DEFINITION OF MIND
- Chapter I - The Distinction Between Cognition and its Object
- Chapter II - Definition of Sensation
- Chapter III - Definition of the Image
- Chapter IV - Definition of the Emotions
- Chapter V - Definition of the Consciousness-The Relation Subject-Object
- Chapter VI - Definition of the Consciousness-Categories of the Understanding
- Chapter VII - Definition of the Consciousness-The Separability of the Consciousness from its Object-Discussion of Idealism
- Chapter VIII - Definition of the Consciousness-The Separation of the Consciousness from its Object-The Unconscious
- Chapter IX - Definitions of Psychology
- BOOK III - THE UNION OF THE SOUL AND THE BODY
- Chapter I - The Mind Has an Incomplete Life
- Chapter II - Spiritualism And Idealism
- Chapter III - Materialism and Parallelism
- Chapter IV - Modern Theories
- Chapter V - Conclusion
- Chapter VI - Recapitulation
- Endnotes
