The work has been given in the form of lectures both in London and Peking, and one lecture, that on Desire, has been published in the Athenaeum.
There are a few allusions to China in this book, all of which were written before I had been in China, and are not intended to be taken by the reader as geographically accurate. I have used "China" merely as a synonym for "a distant country," when I wanted illustrations of unfamiliar things.
Peking, January 1921.
Contents
[ MUIRHEAD LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY ]
[ PREFACE ]
[ THE ANALYSIS OF MIND ]
| [ LECTURE I. ] | RECENT CRITICISMS OF "CONSCIOUSNESS" |
| [ LECTURE II. ] | INSTINCT AND HABIT |
| [ LECTURE III. ] | DESIRE AND FEELING |
| [ LECTURE IV. ] | INFLUENCE OF PAST HISTORY ON PRESENT OCCURRENCES IN LIVING |
| [ LECTURE V. ] | PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CAUSAL LAWS |
| [ LECTURE VI. ] | INTROSPECTION |
| [ LECTURE VII. ] | THE DEFINITION OF PERCEPTION |
| [ LECTURE VIII. ] | SENSATIONS AND IMAGES |
| [ LECTURE IX. ] | MEMORY |
| [ LECTURE X. ] | WORDS AND MEANING |
| [ LECTURE XI. ] | GENERAL IDEAS AND THOUGHT |
| [ LECTURE XII. ] | BELIEF |
| [ LECTURE XIII. ] | TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD |
| [ LECTURE XIV. ] | EMOTIONS AND WILL |
| [ LECTURE XV. ] | CHARACTERISTICS OF MENTAL PHENOMENA |