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CHAPTER VI.
THE MIND-STUFF THEORY 145
Evolutionary Psychology demands a Mind-dust, 146. Some
alleged proofs that it exists, 150. Refutation of these proofs, 154.
Self-compounding of mental facts is inadmissible, 158. Can
states of mind be unconscious? 162. Refutation of alleged proofs
of unconscious thought, 164. Difficulty of stating the connection
between mind and brain, 176. 'The Soul' is logically the least
objectionable hypothesis, 180. Conclusion, 182.
CHAPTER VII.
THE METHODS AND SNARES OF PSYCHOLOGY, 183
Psychology is a natural Science, 188. Introspection, 185.
Experiment, 192. Sources of error, 194. The 'Psychologist's
fallacy,' 196.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE RELATIONS OF MINDS TO OTHER THINGS, 199
Time relations: lapses of Consciousness--Locke v. Descartes,
200. The 'unconsciousness' of hysterics not genuine, 202.
Minds may split into dissociated parts, 206. Space-relations:
the Seat of the Soul, 214. Cognitive relations, 216. The Psychol-
ogist's point of view, 218. Two kinds of knowledge, acquaint-
ance and knowledge about, 221.
CHAPTER IX.
THE STREAM OF THOUGHT, 224
Consciousness tends to the personal form, 225. It is in con-
stant change, 229. It is sensibly continuous, 237. 'Substantive'
and 'transitive' parts of Consciousness, 243. Feelings of rela-
tion, 245. Feelings of tendency, 249. The 'fringe' of the
object, 258. The feeling of rational sequence, 261. Thought
possible in any kind of mental material, 265. Thought and lan-
guage, 267. Consciousness is cognitive, 271. The word Object,
275. Every cognition is due to one integral pulse of thought,
276. Diagram of Thought's stream, 279. Thought is always
selective, 284.
CHAPTER X.
THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SELF, 291
The Empirical Self or Me, 291. Its constituents, 292. The
material self, 292. The Social Self, 293. The Spiritual Self, 296.
Difficulty of apprehending Thought as a purely spiritual activity,

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