The penultimate section discusses the research of Gurney and Charcot on hypnotism, while its other chapters introduce "The Principle of Mediate Comparison" and "The Transitoriness of Instincts."
The penultimate section discusses the research of Gurney and Charcot on hypnotism, while its other chapters introduce "The Principle of Mediate Comparison" and "The Transitoriness of Instincts." The book begins with a consideration of its own "scope" and argues that Romeo's pursuit of Juliet illustrates the mind's capacity [*] to attain an end by varying means. Its more famous discussions include a rumination on "The Law of Contrast" in the section on sensation, the dismissal of the "automaton theory" in favor of common sense, and the refutation of Lange's ideas about the causality of emotion, which the author argues are wrong because our mind actually follows our body. FTP identify this treatise which describes "thought and experience" as "remolding at every moment" like a stream, a work by William James.
The penultimate section discusses the research of Gurney and Charcot on hypnotism, while its other chapters introduce "The Principle of Mediate Comparison" and "The Transitoriness of Instincts."
The {Principles of Psychology}