Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 3 of 3 / Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions.

by Herbert Spencer

(WITH AN ADDITIONAL PART.)

In two vols. 8vo, cloth, price 36s.,

THE PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

• PART I.—THE DATA OF PSYCHOLOGY.
  • 1. The Nervous System.
  • 2. The Structure of the Nervous System.
  • 3. The Functions of the Nervous System.
  • 4. The Conditions essential to Nervous Action.
  • 5. Nervous Stimulation and Nervous Discharge.
  • 6. Æstho-Physiology.
• PART II.—THE INDUCTIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY.
  • 1. The Substance of Mind.
  • 2. The Composition of Mind.
  • 3. The Relativity of Feelings.
  • 4. The Relativity of Relations between Feelings.
  • 5. The Revivability of Feelings.
  • 6. The Revivability of Relations between Feelings.
  • 7. The Associability of Feelings.
  • 8. The Associability of Relations between Feelings.
  • 9. Pleasures and Pains.
• PART III.—GENERAL SYNTHESIS.
  • 1. Life and Mind as Correspondence.
  • 2. The Correspondence as Direct and Homogeneous.
  • 3. The Correspondence as Direct but Heterogeneous.
  • 4. The Correspondence as extending in Space.
  • 5. The Correspondence as extending in Time.
  • 6. The Correspondence as increasing in Speciality.
  • 7. The Correspondence as increasing in Generality.
  • 8. The Correspondence as increasing in Complexity.
  • 9. The Co-ordination of Correspondences.
  • 10. The Integration of Correspondences.
  • 11. The Correspondences in their Totality.
• PART IV.—SPECIAL SYNTHESIS.
  • 1. The Nature of Intelligence.
  • 2. The Law of Intelligence.
  • 3. The Growth of Intelligence.
  • 4. Reflex Action.
  • 5. Instinct.
  • 6. Memory.
  • 7. Reason.
  • 8. The Feelings.
  • 9. The Will.
• PART V.—PHYSICAL SYNTHESIS.
  • 1. A Further Interpretation Needed.
  • 2. The Genesis of Nerves.
  • 3. The Genesis of Simple Nervous Systems.
  • 4. The Genesis of Compound Nervous Systems.
  • 5. The Genesis of Doubly-Compound Nervous Systems.
  • 6. Functions as Related to these Structures.
  • 7. Psychical Laws as thus Interpreted.
  • 8. Evidence from Normal Variations.
  • 9. Evidence from Abnormal Variations.
  • 10. Results.
• APPENDIX.
  • On the Action of Anæsthetics and Narcotics.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

• PART VI.—SPECIAL ANALYSIS.
  • 1. Limitation of the Subject.
  • 2. Compound Quantitative Reasoning.
  • 3. Compound Quantitative Reasoning, continued.
  • 4. Imperfect and Simple Quantitative Reasoning.
  • 5. Quantitative Reasoning in General.
  • 6. Perfect Qualitative Reasoning.
  • 7. Imperfect Qualitative Reasoning.
  • 8. Reasoning in General.
  • 9. Classification, Naming, and Recognition.
  • 10. The Perception of Special Objects.
  • 11. The Perception of Body as presenting Dynamical, Statico-Dynamical, and Statical Attributes.
  • 12. The Perception of Body as presenting Statico-Dynamical and Statical Attributes.
  • 13. The Perception of Body as presenting Statical Attributes.
  • 14. The Perception of Space.
  • 15. The Perception of Time.
  • 16. The Perception of Motion.
  • 17. The Perception of Resistance.
  • 18. Perception in General.
  • 19. The Relations of Similarity and Dissimilarity.
  • 20. The Relations of Cointension and Non-Cointension.
  • 21. The Relations of Coextension and Non-Coextension.
  • 22. The Relations of Coexistence and Non-Coexistence.
  • 23. The Relations of Connature and Non-Connature.
  • 24. The Relations of Likeness and Unlikeness.
  • 25. The Relation of Sequence.
  • 26. Consciousness in General.
  • 27. Results.
• PART VII.—GENERAL ANALYSIS.
  • 1. The Final Question.
  • 2. The Assumption of Metaphysicians.
  • 3. The Words of Metaphysicians.
  • 4. The Reasonings of Metaphysicians.
  • 5. Negative Justification of Realism.
  • 6. Argument from Priority.
  • 7. The Argument from Simplicity.
  • 8. The Argument from Distinctness.
  • 9. A Criterion Wanted.
  • 10. Propositions qualitatively distinguished.
  • 11. The Universal Postulate.
  • 12. The test of Relative Validity.
  • 13. Its Corollaries.
  • 14. Positive Justification of Realism.
  • 15. The Dynamics of Consciousness.
  • 16. Partial Dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion of Subject and Object.
  • 17. Completed Dif­fer­en­ti­a­tion of Subject and Object.
  • 18. Developed Conception of the Object.
  • 19. Transfigured Realism.
• PART VIII.—CONGRUITIES.
  • 1. Preliminary.
  • 2. Co-ordination of Data and Inductions.
  • 3. Co-ordination of Syntheses.
  • 4. Co-ordination of Special Analyses.
  • 5. Co-ordination of General Analyses.
  • 6. Final Comparison.
• PART IX.—COROLLARIES.
  • 1. Special Psychology.
  • 2. Classification.
  • 3. Development of Conceptions.
  • 4. Language of the Emotions.
  • 5. Sociality and Sympathy.
  • 6. Egoistic Sentiments.
  • 7. Ego-Altruistic Sentiments.
  • 8. Altruistic Sentiments.
  • 9. Æsthetic Sentiments.

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