CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
ON THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL SCIENCE.[15]
Section. I.—Nature of the Science.[15]
Section. II.—Importance of Mental Science.[20]
CHAPTER II.
ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE MENTAL POWERS.[27]
Section. I.—General Analysis.[29]
Section. II.—Analysis of Intellectual Powers.[31]
Section. III.—Historical Sketch—Various Divisions of the Mental Faculties.[35]
DIVISION FIRST.
THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES.
PRELIMINARY TOPICS.
CHAPTER I.
CONSCIOUSNESS.[39]
CHAPTER II.
ATTENTION.[46]
CHAPTER III.
CONCEPTION.[53]
PART FIRST.
THE PRESENTATIVE POWER.
SENSE, OR PERCEPTION BY THE SENSES.[58]
Section. I.—General Observations.[59]
Section. II.—Analysis of the Perceptive Process.[61]
Section. III.—Analysis and Classification of the Qualities of Bodies.[65]
Section. IV.—Organs of Sense—Analysis of their Several Functions.[68]
Section. V.—Amount of Information derived from the Respective Senses.[72]
Section. VI.—Credibility of our Sensations and Perceptions.[81]
Section. VII.—Historical Sketch.[84]
I. Of different Divisions of the Qualities of Bodies.[84]
II. Of different Theories of Perception.[87]
PART SECOND.
THE REPRESENTATIVE POWER.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.[94]
CHAPTER I.
MEMORY.[96]
Section. I.—Mental Reproduction.[96]
I. Nature.[96]
II. Laws.[101]
Section. II.—Mental Recognition, as distinguished from Mental Reproduction.[113]
I. General Character.[113]
II. What is implied in an Act of Memory.[118]
III. Qualities of Memory.[118]
IV. Memory as related to Intellectual Strength.[121]
V. Cultivation of Memory.[125]
VI. Effects of Disease on Memory.[128]
VII. Influence of Memory on the Happiness of Life.[131]
VIII. Historical Sketch—Different Theories of Memory.[133]
CHAPTER II.
IMAGINATION.[137]
Section. I.—General Character of this Faculty.[137]
Section. II.—Relation to other Faculties.[138]
Section. III.—Active and Passive Imagination.[140]
Section. IV.—Imagination a simple Faculty.[142]
Section. V.—Not merely the Power of Combination.[144]
Section. VI.—Limited to Sensible Objects.[147]
Section. VII.—Limited to new Results.[148]
Section. VIII.—A Voluntary Power.[149]
Section. IX.—Use and Abuse of Imagination.[152]
Section. X.—Culture of Imagination.[154]
Section. XI.—Historic Sketch—Various Definitions and Theories of Imagination by different Writers.[158]
PART THIRD.
THE REFLECTIVE POWER.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.[162]
CHAPTER I.
THE SYNTHETIC PROCESS.—GENERALIZATION.[165]
Section. I.—Nature of the Synthetic Process.[165]
Section. II.—Province and Relation of several Terms employed to denote, in Part, or as a Whole, this Power of the Mind.[172]
Section. III.—Historical Sketch—The Realist and Nominalist Controversy.[177]
CHAPTER II.
THE ANALYTIC PROCESS—REASONING.[180]
Section. I.—The Nature of the Process.[181]
Section. II.—Relation of Judgment and Reasoning.[187]
Section. III.—Different Kinds of Reasoning.[188]
I. Demonstrative.[189]
II. Probable—(1.) From Testimony; (2.) From Experience; (3.) From Analogy.[192]
Section. IV. Use of Hypotheses and Theories in Reasoning.[199]
Section. V.—Different Forms of Reasoning.[203]
I. Analysis of the Proposition.[203]
II. Analysis of the Syllogism.[205]
III. Laws of Syllogism.[207]
IV. Different Kinds of Syllogism.[209]
V. Different Forms of Syllogism.[210]
VI. Laws of Thought on which the Syllogism depends.[212]
VII. Use and Value of the Syllogism.[213]
VIII. Historical Sketch of the Science of Logic.[219]
PART FOURTH.
INTUITIVE POWER.
CHAPTER I.
EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF THIS FACULTY.[228]
CHAPTER II.
TRUTHS AND CONCEPTIONS FURNISHED BY THIS FACULTY.[238]
Section. I.—Primary Truths.[238]
Section. II.—Intuitive Conceptions.[241]
I. Space.[241]
II. Time.[244]
III. Identity.[249]
IV. Cause.[257]
V. Idea of the Beautiful and the Right.[262]
CHAPTER III.
THE CONCEPTION AND COGNIZANCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL.[263]
Section. I.—Conception of the Beautiful.[263]
Section. II.—Cognizance of the Beautiful.[286]
CHAPTER IV.
IDEA AND COGNIZANCE OF THE RIGHT.[303]
Section. I.—Idea of Right—Whence comes the Idea.[303]
Section. II.—Cognizance of the Right—1. Nature of Conscience; 2. Authority of Conscience.[314]
SUPPLEMENTARY TOPICS.
CHAPTER I.
INTELLIGENCE IN MAN AS DISTINGUISHED FROM INTELLIGENCE IN THE BRUTE.[329]
CHAPTER II.
MIND AS AFFECTED BY CERTAIN STATES OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.[342]
Section. I.—Sleep.[343]
Section. II.—Dreams.[351]
Section. III.—Somnambulism.[360]
Section. IV.—Insanity.[368]
DIVISION SECOND.
THE SENSIBILITIES.
PRELIMINARY TOPICS.
CHAPTER I.
NATURE, DIFFICULTY, AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS DEPARTMENT OF THE SCIENCE.[377]
CHAPTER II.
ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SENSIBILITIES.[382]
PART FIRST.
SIMPLE EMOTIONS.
CHAPTER I.
INSTINCTIVE EMOTIONS.[395]
Section. I.—Of that general State of Mind known as Cheerfulness, and its Opposite, Melancholy.[396]
Section. II.—Sorrow at Loss of Friends.[399]
Section. III.—Sympathy with the Happiness and Sorrow of Others.[402]
CHAPTER II.
RATIONAL EMOTIONS.[409]
Section. I.—Emotions of Joy or Sadness, arising from the Contemplation of our own Excellence, or the Reverse.[409]
Section. II.—Enjoyment of the Ludicrous.[413]
Section. III.—Enjoyment of the New and Wonderful.[424]
Section. IV.—Enjoyment of the Beautiful, and the Sublime.[427]
Section. V.—Satisfaction in View of right Conduct, and Remorse in View of wrong.[434]
PART SECOND.
THE AFFECTIONS.
CHAPTER I.
BENEVOLENT AFFECTIONS.[441]
Section. I.—Love of Kindred.[442]
Section. II.—Love of Friends.[447]
Section. III.—Love of Benefactors.[452]
Section. IV.—Love of Home and Country.[454]
CHAPTER II.
MALEVOLENT AFFECTIONS.[458]
Resentment, with its Modifications, Envy, Jealousy, Revenge.[458-469]
PART THIRD.
THE DESIRES.
CHAPTER I.
NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DESIRES.[473]
CHAPTER II.
DESIRES ARISING FROM THE PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION.[477]
CHAPTER III.
DESIRES ARISING FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE MIND.[481]
Section. I.—Desire of Happiness.[481]
Section. II.—Desire of Knowledge.[487]
Section. III.—Desire of Power.[490]
Section. IV.—Certain Modifications of the Desire of Power, as Desire of Superiority and Desire of Possession.[493]
Section. V.—Desire of Society.[501]
Section. VI.—Desire of Esteem.[505]
CHAPTER IV.
HOPE AND FEAR.[510]
DIVISION THIRD.
THE WILL.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.[517]
CHAPTER I.
NATURE OF THE WILL.[520]
Section. I.—Elements involved in an Act of Will.[521]
Section. II.—Investigation of these Elements.[523]
I. Motive.[523]
II. Choice.[526]
III. Executive Volition.[530]
CHAPTER II.
RELATION OF THE WILL TO OTHER FACULTIES.[531]
CHAPTER III.
FREEDOM OF THE WILL.[538]
Section. I.—Presumptions in Favor of Freedom.[539]
Section. II.—Direct Argument.[544]
CHAPTER IV.
CERTAIN QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE PRECEDING.[549]
Section. I.—Contrary Choice.[549]
Section. II.—Power to do what we were not disposed to do.[551]
Section. III.—Influence of Motives.[554]
I. Is the Will always as the greatest apparent Good.[554]
II. Is the Will determined by the strongest Motive.[555]
III. Are Motives the Cause and Volitions the Effect.[556]
CHAPTER V.
THE DOCTRINE OF THE WILL VIEWED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN TRUTHS OF RELIGION.[560]
Section. I.—The Power which God exerts over the Human Mind and Will.[561]
Section. II.—Man's Power over Himself.[566]
CHAPTER VI.
STRENGTH OF WILL.[569]
CHAPTER VII.
HISTORICAL SKETCH—OUTLINE OF THE CONTROVERSY RESPECTING FREEDOM OF THE WILL.[573]
REFERENCES.[584]

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.

ON THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL SCIENCE.

§ I.—Nature of the Science.