Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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... appear that the phenomena of mind in animals , having constituted so much and so long the theme of unscientific authors , are now considered well- nigh unworthy of serious treatment by scientific methods . But it is surely needless to ...
... appear that the phenomena of mind in animals , having constituted so much and so long the theme of unscientific authors , are now considered well- nigh unworthy of serious treatment by scientific methods . But it is surely needless to ...
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... appear to exhibit them . Thus it is that we may have a subjective analysis of mind and an objective analysis of mind the difference between the two con- sisting in this , that in our subjective analysis we are restricted to the limits ...
... appear to exhibit them . Thus it is that we may have a subjective analysis of mind and an objective analysis of mind the difference between the two con- sisting in this , that in our subjective analysis we are restricted to the limits ...
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... appears to indicate intelligent choice is not really action of the reflex kind . On this whole subject of mind - like and yet not truly mental action I shall have much to say in my subsequent treatise , where I shall be concerned among ...
... appears to indicate intelligent choice is not really action of the reflex kind . On this whole subject of mind - like and yet not truly mental action I shall have much to say in my subsequent treatise , where I shall be concerned among ...
Pagina 5
... appear un- satisfactory , since it depends , not on direct knowledge , but on inference . Here , however , it seems encugh to point out , as already observed , that it is the best criterion available ; and further , that scepticism of ...
... appear un- satisfactory , since it depends , not on direct knowledge , but on inference . Here , however , it seems encugh to point out , as already observed , that it is the best criterion available ; and further , that scepticism of ...
Pagina 22
... appear to arise spontaneously or without observable stimulation , the fact is to be at- tributed to a liberation of overplus ganglionic energy , or to some unobservable stimulation ; it does not justify the supposition of any psychical ...
... appear to arise spontaneously or without observable stimulation , the fact is to be at- tributed to a liberation of overplus ganglionic energy , or to some unobservable stimulation ; it does not justify the supposition of any psychical ...
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Pagina 140 - ... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man.
Pagina 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Pagina i - Heredity." $1.50. 42. ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. A Record of Observations of the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., FRS, DCL, LL.
Pagina 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.