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CHAPTER V.
THE SENSE OF TOUCH.
26. Of the sense of touch in general and its sensations
27. Idea of externality suggested in connexion with the touch
28. Origin of the notion of extension, and of form or figure
29. On the sensations of heat and cold
30. Of the sensations of hardness and softness
31. Of certain indefinite feelings sometimes ascribed to the touch
32. Relation between the sensation and what is outwardly signified.
CHAPTER VI.
THE SENSE OF SIGHT.
33. Of the organ of sight, and the uses or benefits of that sense
34. Statement of the mode or process in visual perception
35. Of the original and acquired perceptions of sight
36. The idea of extension not originally from sight
37. Of the knowledge of the figure of bodies by the sight
38. Illustration of the subject from the blind
39. Measurements of magnitude by the eye
40. Of objects seen in a mist
41. Of the sun and moon when seen in the horizon
42. Of the estimation of distances by sight
43. Signs by means of which we estimate distance by sight
44. Estimation of distance when unaided by intermediate objects
45. Of objects seen on the ocean, &c.
CHAPTER VII.
HABITS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION.
46. General view of the law of habit and of its applications
47. The law of habit applicable to the mind as well as the body
48. Of habit in relation to the smell
49. Of habit in relation to the taste
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50. Of habit in relation to the hearing
51. Application of habit to the touch
52. Other striking instances of habits of touch
53. Habits considered in relation to the sight
54. Sensations may possess a relative, as well as positive increase of
power
57. Notice of some facts which favour the above doctrine.
58. Additional illustrations of Mr. Stewart's doctrine
56. The law of habit considered in reference to the perception of the
outlines and forms of objects
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CHAPTER VIII.
CONCEPTIONS.
55. Of habits as modified by particular callings and arts
59. Meaning and characteristics of conceptions
60. Of conceptions of objects of sight.
61. Of the influence of habit on our conceptions
62. Influence of habit on conceptions of sight
63. Of the subserviency of our conceptions to description
64. Of conceptions attended with a momentary belief
65. Conceptions which are joined with perceptions
66. Conceptions as connected with fictitious representations
CHAPTER IX.
SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXNESS OF MENTAL STATES.
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67. Origin of the distinction of simple and complex
68. Nature and characteristics of simple mental states
69. Simple mental states not susceptible of definition
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71. Origin of complex notions, and their relation to simple
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70. Simple mental states representative of a reality
72. Supposed complexness without the antecedence of simple feelings 87
73. The precise sense in which complexness is to be understood
74. Illustrations of analysis as applied to the mind
75. Complex notions of external origin
76. Of objects contemplated as wholes
CHAPTER X.
ABSTRACTION.
77. Abstraction implied in the analysis of complex ideas
78. Instances of particular abstract ideas
79. Mental process in separating and abstracting them
80. General abstract notions the same with genera and species
81. Process in classification, or the forming of genera and species
82. Early classifications sometimes incorrect
83. Illustrations of our earliest classifications
84. Of the nature of general abstract ideas
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85. The power of general abstraction in connexion with numbers, &c. 99
86. Of general abstract truths or principles
87. Of the speculations of philosophers and others
CHAPTER XI.
OF ATTENTION.
88. Of the general nature of attention
89. Of different degrees of attention
90. Dependence of memory on attention
91. Of exercising attention in reading
92. Alleged inability to command the attention
CHAPTER XII.
DREAMING.
93. Definition of dreams and the prevalence of them
94. Connexion of dreams with our waking thoughts.
95. Dreams are often caused by our sensations.
96. Explanation of the incoherency of dreams. (1st cause)
98. Apparent reality of dreams. (1st cause)
INTERNAL ORIGIN OF KNOWLEDGE.
102. The soul has fountains of knowledge within
103. Declaration of Locke, that the soul has knowledge in itself
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104. The beginning of knowledge is in the senses
105. There may also be internal accessions to knowledge.
106. Instances of notions which have an internal origin
107. Other instances of ideas which have an internal origin
CHAPTER II.
ORIGINAL SUGGESTION.
108. Import of suggestion, and its application in Reid and Stewart
109. Ideas of existence, mind, self-existence, and personal identity
110. Of the nature of unity, and the origin of that notion
111. Nature of succession, and origin of the idea of succession
112. Origin of the notion of duration
113. Illustrations of the nature of duration.
114. Of time and its measurements, and of eternity
115. The idea of space not of external origin
116. The idea of space has its origin in suggestion
117. Of the origin of the idea of power.
118. Occasions of the origin of the idea of power
119. Of the ideas of right and wrong
120. Origin of the ideas of moral merit and demerit
121. Of other elements of knowledge developed in suggestion
122. Suggestion a source of principles as well as of ideas
CHAPTER III.
CONSCIOUSNESS.
123. Consciousness the 2d source of internal knowledge; its nature. 136
124. Further remarks on the proper objects of consciousness
125. Consciousnes a ground or law of belief
126. Instances of knowledge developed in consciousness
CHAPTER IV.
RELATIVE SUGGESTION OR JUDGMENT.
127. Of the susceptibility of perceiving or feeling relations.
128. Occasions on which feelings of relation may arise
129. Of the use of correlative terms
130. Of relations of identity and diversity
131. (11.) Relations of degree, and names expressive of them
132. (111.) Of relations of proportion
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134. (v.) Of relations of time
133. (v.) Of relations of place or position
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135. (ví.) Of ideas of possession
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136. (VII.) Of relations of cause and effect
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137. Of complex terms involving the relation of cause and effect
138. Connexion of relative suggestion with reasoning
ASSOCIATION. (1.) PRIMARY LAWS.
139. Reasons for considering this subject here
140. Meaning of association and illustrations
141. Of the general laws of association
142. Resemblance the first general law of association
143. Of resemblance in the effects produced
144. Contrast the second general or primary law
145. Contiguity the third general or primary law
146. Cause and effect the fourth primary law
ASSOCIATION. (II.) SECONDARY LAWS.
147. Secondary laws, and their connexion with the primary
148. Of the influence of lapse of time
149. Secondary law of repetition or habit
150. Of the secondary law of co-existent emotion
151. Original difference in the mental constitution
152. The foregoing as applicable to the sensibilities
MEMORY.
153. Remarks on the general nature of memory
154. Of memory as a ground or law of belief
155. Of differences in the strength of memory
156. Of circumstantial memory, or that species of memory which is
based on the relations of contiguity in time and place
157. Illustrations of specific or circumstantial memory
158. Of philosophic memory, or that species of memory which is based
on other relations than those of contiguity
159. Illustrations of philosophic memory
160. Of that species of memory called intentional recollection
161. Nature of intentional recollection.
162. Instance illustrative of the preceding statements.
163. Marks of a good memory
164. Directions or rules for the improvement of the memory
165. Further directions for the improvement of the memory
166. Of observance of the truth in connexion with memory
DURATION OF MEMORY.
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167. Restoration of thoughts and feelings supposed to be forgotten
168. Mental action quickened by influence on the physical system
169. Other instances of quickened mental action, and of a restoration
of thoughts
170. Effect on the memory of a severe attack of fever.
171. Approval and illustrations of these views from Coleridge
172. Application of the principles of this chapter to education
173. Connexion of this doctrine with the final judgment and a future
life
REASONING.
174. Reasoning a source of ideas and knowledge
175. Definition of reasoning, and of propositions.
179. Reasoning implies the existence of antecedent or assumed propo- sitions
180. Further considerations on this subject
181. Of differences in the power of reasoning
183 Of reasoning in connexion with language or expression
184. Illustration of the foregoing section
DEMONSTRATIVE REASONING,
185. Of the subjects of demonstrative reasoning.
186. Use of definitions and axioms in demonstrative reasoning
187. The opposites of demonstrative reasonings absurd
188. Demonstrations do not admit of different degrees of belief
189. Of the use of diagrams in demonstrations
MORAL REASONING.
190. Of the subjects and importance of moral reasoning
191. Of the nature of moral certainty.
192. Of reasoning from analogy
193. Of reasoning by induction
194. Of combined or accumulated arguments
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS IN REASONING.
195. Rules relating to the practice of reasoning
196. Of being influenced in reasoning by a love of the truth
197. Care to be used in correctly stating the subject of discussion
198. Consider the kind of evidence applicable to the subject
199. Reject the aid of false arguments or sophisms
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200. Fallacia equivocationis, or the use of equivocal terms and phrases 215
201. Of the sophism of estimating actions and character from the cir-
cumstances of success merely
202. Of adherence to our opinions
203. Effects on the mind of debating for victory instead of truth
204. Imagination an intellectual rather than a sensitive process
205. The imagination closely related to the reasoning power
206. Definition of the power of imagination
207. Process of the mind in the creations of the imagination
208. Further remarks on the same subject
209. Illustration from the writings of Dr. Reid
210. Grounds of the preference of one conception to another
211. Illustration of the subject from Milton.
212. The creations of imagination not entirely voluntary
213. Illustration of the statements of the preceding section
214. On the utility of the faculty of the imagination
215. Importance of the imagination in connexion with reasoning
216. Disordered intellectual action as connected with the body
217. Of excited conceptions and of apparitions in general
218. Of the less permanent excited conceptions of sight
219. Of the less permament excited conceptions of sound
220. First cause of permanently vivid conceptions or apparitions.-
Morbid sensibility of the retina of the eye
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