The Mind and the Brain
by Alfred Binet, translated by unknown translator
Index
2036579The Mind and the Brain — Indexnot mentionedAlfred Binet

INDEX

  • Abstractions, character of, 8
  • "Archives de Psychologie," 198
  • Aristotle, 106, 129, 169, 186-190, 201, 265
  • Association, "inseparable," 116
  • Automatism, 250
  • Bain, 3, 121, 186, 189, 219, 245, 252
  • Belfast, congress at, 207
  • Bergson, 47, 86; theory of images and brain, 226-230; refutation of, 230-233; 259, 271, 272
  • Berkeley, 47, 109, 225, 226, 227, 271
  • Berthelot, 147
  • Binet, 3, 191; theory of mind and brain, 236, 255
  • Body, union with mind, 179; Aristotle on body and soul, 188
  • Brain, 225, 226, 227; and consciousness, 236, 237, 247
  • Brieux, 209
  • Brillouin, 10
  • Categories, 106, 107, 114, 190, 263
  • Change, law of consciousness, 245
  • Cognition, 15, 33, 58, 98, 105, 107, 117, 123, 140, 141, 145, 153, 155, 157, 162, 184, 190, 195, 208, 225, 228, 241, 243, 246, 251, 260, 262, 264, 266
  • Comte, Auguste, 213
  • Concepts, method of, 6, 7; metaphysics of, 8, 223
  • Conclusion, 234-255
  • Condillac, 98
  • Condition, normal, 80
  • Consciousness, 58, 195; anatomical ignorance of, 237, 238; definition of: relation subject-object, categories of the understanding, separability of the consciousness from its object, idealism, 96-134; as dialyser, 244; law of, 275, 276; and nerve current, 247-255; manifestations of, 236; of a state, 63; origin of, 180; phenomena of, 17, 88, 190, 210, 223; useless luxury, 222
  • Contiguity, law of, 169, 170, 173
  • Current, motor, psychology of, 248, 249; nerve, 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 276; sensory, 250
  • Dantec, "Les Lois Naturelles," 10
  • Dastre, "La Vie et la Mort," 10, 145
  • Democritus, 158
  • Descartes, 64, 77, 78, 97, 152, 193 "Discours de la Méthode," 77
  • Dreams, 82, 87
  • Dualism, of mind and matter, 69, 71, 182, 140, 155, 182, 254, 263
  • Duality, of sensation, 78; of ideation, 78; of consciousness and object, 199; of nature, 224; of soul and body, 269
  • Duhem, evolution of mechanics, 10
  • Ebbinghaus, 160, 161
  • Eccentricity, law of, 247
  • Effort, psychological nature of, 94; sensation of, 249, 263
  • Ego, 75, 86, 88, 89, 99, 152; and non-ego, 96, 100, 101
  • Emotions, definitions of the, 88-95, 263
  • Energy, 30, 31
  • Enumeration, method of, 6
  • Epiphenomenon, 222
  • "Étude Expérimentale de l'Intelligence" (Binet), 8
  • Excitant, the, 18, 21, 22, 83, 244, 257, 258, 266
  • Existence or reality, 84, 85
  • Externospection, 140-146
  • Fathers of the Church, 201
  • Fechner, 149
  • Ferrier, 73
  • Finality, definition of, 163
  • Flournoy, 70, 73, 182, 191, 198
  • Geneva, congress of, philosophy at, 226
  • Goblot, E., "La Finalité sans Intelligence," 164
  • Habit, law of, 250
  • Hallucinations, 81, 82, 87
  • Hamilton, William, 47, 65, 256; "Philosophy" of, 47
  • Herbart, 90, 91
  • Herrick, C. L., 86
  • Heterogeneity, axiom of, 182, 183; principle of, 8, 73, 74, 182, 183, 194, 205, 206, 208, 215, 269
  • "Histoire du Matérialisme" (Lange), 137
  • Hume, 64, 109
  • Huxley, 118, 222
  • Idealism, principle of, 64, 73, 119-125; refutation of, 95-200
  • Ideation, duality of, 78, 80
  • Identity, 221
  • Image, definition of the, 76-87, 263
  • Intellectualism, definition of, 166
  • Intelligence, only inactive consciousness, 117; materialist explanation of, 204
  • Inter-actionism, 185
  • Introspection, 140-146
  • Intuition, 269
  • James, William, theory of emotion, 91-94; 100, 163
  • "Journal of Philosophy," 100
  • Kant, 34, 106, 107, 108, 181, 190, 235
  • Kelvin, Lord, 11
  • Knowable, the, 4, 5, 7
  • Knowledge and its object, 55-59; two groups of, 98
  • Külpe, 160
  • "L'Ame et le Corps," 3
  • "La Finalité sans Intelligence" (Goblot), 164
  • "La Nouvelle Monadologie" (Renouvier et Prat), 64
  • "La Philosophie de Hamilton," 47
  • "La Vie et la Mort" (Dastre), 10
  • Ladd, 58 n.
  • Lange, theory of emotion, 91; "Histoire du Matérialisme," 137
  • Law of contiguity, 162 n, 169, 170, 173
  • Law of eccentricity, 247
  • Law of mental expression rejected, 162 n; mental distinguished from physical, 163
  • Law, psychological compared with natural, 167, 168
  • Law of relativity of cognition, 245
  • Law of similarity, 162 n, 169, 170
  • Le Bon, Gustave ("l'Evolution de la Matière"), 27
  • "Le Paralogisme psycho-physiologique" (Bergson), 226
  • "Le Personnellisme" (Renouvier), 226
  • "Leçons de Philosophie" (Rabier), 148
  • Leibnitz, 129, 195, 220
  • Littré, 207
  • Locke, 139
  • "Logical and Psychological Distinction between the True and the Real" (Herrick), 86
  • Lotze, 73, 148
  • Lyons, 66
  • Mach, 160
  • Materialism, origin and definition of, 201-203; refutation of, 203-214; 269, 275
  • "Matière et Mémoire" (Bergson), 86, 226, 229, 230, 271
  • Matter, definition of, 3-51; description of, 256-260; distinct from mind, 3; domain of physics, 6; mechanical theories of, 27-43; non-significant properties of, 172, 173; X of; 18, 21, 25, 49
  • Mechanics, fetichism of, 220
  • Mechanism, nervous, to imitate intellectual act, 221
  • Metaphysics, 128 n., 234, 235
  • "Métaphysique et Psychologie" (Flournoy), 182
  • Method, rule of, 5; of concepts and enumeration, 6
  • Meudon, 152
  • Mill, John Stuart, 13, 19, 47, 64, 116, 121
  • Mind, definition of, 55-175; 260-266; distinction between, and matter, 3; domain of psychology, 6; incomplete life of, 179-190; inseparability of, and matter, 185; inventory of 56; "Mind and Body" (Bain), 3, 219
  • Monadism, 195
  • Monism, 69, 271
  • Motion, 35
  • Movement, molecular, 73; vibratory, 31
  • Müller, 21
  • Münsterberg, 160
  • Nerves, motor, 228, 230; power of distinction, 22; specific energy of, 21, 46, 242; sensory, 228, 230, 232, 273, 275; vibrations of, 242, 243; nervous system, 16, 17, 24, 25, 44, 45, 48, 115, 228, 241, 257, 258, 274, 275
  • Noumena, 34, 35, 43, 109, 142n., 260, 271
  • Object. See Subject
  • Observation, 235
  • Organ, function of, material, 206
  • Ostwald, 10
  • Panmaterialism, 70
  • Panpsychism, 70, 195, 198
  • Parallelism, definition of, 214-220; refutation of, 221-224; 251; 252, 270-272; 275
  • Parallelist theory, 132
  • Perceptible, the, 84, 85
  • Perception, intermediate character of, 15; of a child, 232
  • Personality, formation of, 100
  • Phenomena, auditory, 37; physical, 30, 31; visual, 37
  • Phenomenism of Berkeley, 109n. I
  • "Philosophical Review," 70
  • Philosophy, history of, 200
  • "Philosophy of Hamilton" (J. S. Mill), 47
  • Pilon, 113
  • Plato, 201
  • Preadaptation, process of, 164-175
  • Prince, Morton, 70
  • Probabilism forced upon us, 174
  • "Psychical Review," 86
  • "Psychologie," 112
  • "Psychologie du Raisonnement" (Binet), 113
  • Psychology, definitions of, 135-175, 265, 266
  • Rabier, E., 98, 112, 148
  • Radio-activity, 27
  • Reason developed according to law, 169
  • Recapitulation, 256-276
  • Reid, Thomas, 47, 65, 259
  • Relativity, principle of, 104, 109, 252
  • Renouvier, 64, 97, 106, 205, 226
  • "Revue Générale des Sciences," 10
  • "Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale," 164, 226
  • "Revue de Philosophie," 10
  • Raymond, Du Bois, 73
  • Ribot, 137
  • Search, direction of, 5, 6
  • Sensation, 10, 14, 35, 44, 50, 51, 55; definition of, 60-75; mistrusted by physicists, 28-30; only means of acquaintance with outer world, 10-26, 50, 256-259; physical or mental, 261-266; visual, 73
  • Sensibility, cerebral, 239, 240; employment in physiology, 61
  • Separation of consciousness from its object, 126-134
  • Similarity. See Law
  • Simon, Dr., 209
  • Société Française de Philosophie, 256
  • Soul, distinct from body, 77; union of body and, 179-276
  • Souls, disembodied, 45
  • Specificity of Nerves. See Nerves
  • Spencer, Herbert, 245
  • Spiritualism, refutation of, 192, 195, 268, 269
  • Strong, M., 195
  • Subject, defined and distinguished from object, 96
  • Substance, definition of, 102
  • Substantialism, 134
  • Symbols, mechanical theories of matter, 27-43
  • System, nervous, 16, 17, 24, 25, 44, 45, 48, 115, 228, 241, 257, 258, 274, 275
  • Taine, 79
  • Theories, modern, 225-233
  • Thought, not a movement, 7, 8; characteristics of, 76
  • Truth, 84, 85
  • Tyndall, 89, 207
  • Unconsciousness, 127-133
  • Understanding, categories of the, 103-118
  • Unknowable, the, 25, 26
  • Union of mind and body, problem of, 273; of soul and body, 179-276
  • Verne, Jules, 267
  • Vogt, Karl, 204
  • Wave, molecular, 273, 274, 276; nerve, 243
  • Will, the most characteristic psychical function, 166, 167
  • World, assembly of sensations, 26; our ideas, 65; external known only by our sensations, 10-26; 50, 256-259
  • X of matter, 18, 21, 25, 49
  • Zoologist, visual sensations of, 13