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CONTENTS.

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  • PART I. GENERAL ANALYSIS.
    • I. A Datum Wanted . . . . . 3
    • II. The Universal Postulate. . . . . 13
    • III. Its Corollaries . . . . . . 36
    • IV. Our Present Position . . . . . 66
  • PART II. SPECIAL ANALYSIS.
    • I. Compound Quantitative Reasoning . . . 71
    • II. Compound Quantitative Reasoning (continued) . . 87
    • III. Imperfect and Simple Quantitative Reasoning . . 95
    • IV. Quantitative Reasoning in General . . . 107
    • V. Perfect Qualitative Reasoning . . . 117
    • VI. Imperfect Qualitative Reasoning . . . 130
    • VII. Reasoning in General . . . . . 151
    • VIII. Classification, Naming, and Recognition . . 172
    • IX. The Perception of Special Objects . . . 185
    • X. The Perception of Body as presenting Dynamical, Statico-dynamical, and Statical Attributes . . 190
    • XI. The Perception of Body as presenting Statico-dynamical and Statical Attributes . . . 208
    • XII. The Perception of Body as presenting Statical Attributes 218
    • XIII. The Perception of Space . . . . 230
    • XIV. The Perception of Time . . . . 246
    • XV. The Perception of Motion . . . . 254
    • XVI. The Perception of Resistance . . . . 265
    • XVII. Perception in General . . . . . 277
    • XVIII. The Relations of Similarity and Dissimilarity . . 286
    • XIX. The Relations of Cointension and Non-cointension . 291
    • XX. The Relations of Coextension and Non-coextension . 297
    • XXI. The Relations of Coexistence and Non-coexistence . 302
    • XXII. The Relations of Connature and Non-connature . 310Edition: current; Page: [viii]
    • XXIII. The Relations of Likeness and Unlikeness . . 312
    • XXIV. The Relation of Sequence . . . . 317
    • XXV. Consciousness in General . . . . 322
    • XXVI. Results . . . . . . . 329
  • PART III. GENERAL SYNTHESIS.
    • I. Method . . . . . . 339
    • II. Connexion of Mind and Life . . . . 349
    • III. Proximate Definition of Life . . . . 353
    • IV. The Correspondence between Life and its Circumstances 366
    • V. The degree of Life varies as the degree of Correspondence . . . . . . 376
    • VI. The Correspondence as Direct and Homogeneous . 385
    • VII. The Correspondence as Direct but Heterogeneous . 390
    • VIII. The Correspondence as extending in Space . . 394
    • IX. The Correspondence as extending in Time . . 413
    • X. The Correspondence as increasing in Speciality. . 423
    • XI. The Correspondence as increasing in Generality . 437
    • XII. The Correspondence as increasing in Complexity . 445
    • XIII. The Co-ordination of Correspondences . . . 466
    • XIV. The Integration of Correspondences . . . 473
    • XV. The Correspondences in their Totality . . . 482
  • PART IV. SPECIAL SYNTHESIS.
    • I. The Nature of Intelligence . . . . 491
    • II. The Law of Intelligence . . . . 506
    • III. The Growth of Intelligence . . . . 522
    • IV. Reflex Action . . . . . . 533
    • V. Instinct . . . . . . 539
    • VI. Memory . . . . . . 554
    • VII. Reason . . . . . . 564
    • VIII. The Feelings . . . . . . 584
    • IX. The Will . . . . . . 612
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