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The Works of Francis Bacon, Vol. 2 of 15 (Classic Reprint)
The Works of Francis Bacon Vol 2 of 15 - Classic Reprint Author:Francis Bacon I. Psychology is the science of mind-that is the shortest description wc can give of the subject of the present inquiries. But it is merely a provisional description, yielding no clear and distinct conception. It serves merely to mark psychology as the science of that which thinks, feels, and wills, in contrast with physics as the science of tha... more »t which moves in space and occupies space. These two provinces include everything that can be the subject of human research. Psychology is as little bound to begin with an explanation of what mind is, as physics is obliged to begin with an explanation of what matter is. And this general statement of the subject of psychology involves no assumption as to the question how far the mind exists, or does not exist, as an independent being distinct from matter. It will be our endeavour to preserve psychology as a pure science of experience, and to distinguish sharply between the given facts and the hypotheses employed to classify and explain them.
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I Subject and Method of Psychology i; i Provisional description of psychology as Ihc science of mind-2 External perception precedes internal-3 Evidence of language-4 Psychological development of the distinction between self and not-self-5 The mythological conception of the mind-6 Direct and indirect apprehension of mental life-7 Pyschology and metaphysics-8 Method of psychology, a The difficulty of introspection, b Influence of individual differences, c Psychological analysis d Experimental psychology, e Subjective and objective psychology / The mutual relation of the different methods -9 The relation of psychology to logic and ethics; II Mind and Boeiy29; 1 The empirical (phenomenological) standpoint-2 The law of the persistence of energy-3 Organic life and the persistence of energy-4 a The importance of the nervous system, b Reflex movement, c Subordinate nerve-centres d The cerebrum, e The cerebrum« less