Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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... on the Principles of Psychology , there has hitherto been no earnest attempt at tracing the principles which have been probably concerned in the genesis of Mind . Yet there is not a doubt that , for the present generation at Vi PREFACE .
... on the Principles of Psychology , there has hitherto been no earnest attempt at tracing the principles which have been probably concerned in the genesis of Mind . Yet there is not a doubt that , for the present generation at Vi PREFACE .
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... probably begun to dawn as nascent sub- jectivity . In other words , because a lowly organised animal does not learn by its own individual experience , we may not therefore conclude that in performing its natural or ancestral adaptations ...
... probably begun to dawn as nascent sub- jectivity . In other words , because a lowly organised animal does not learn by its own individual experience , we may not therefore conclude that in performing its natural or ancestral adaptations ...
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... probably the nearest conception that we can form of their true nature is that which we form by assimilating them to the pattern of the only mental states with which we are actually acquainted . And this consideration , it is needless to ...
... probably the nearest conception that we can form of their true nature is that which we form by assimilating them to the pattern of the only mental states with which we are actually acquainted . And this consideration , it is needless to ...
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... probably be called a case of instinct ; but as it occurs in so low an animal as a jelly - fish , it is unreasonable to suppose that intelligence can ever have played any part in originating the action . Therefore we may set it down as ...
... probably be called a case of instinct ; but as it occurs in so low an animal as a jelly - fish , it is unreasonable to suppose that intelligence can ever have played any part in originating the action . Therefore we may set it down as ...
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... probably arises from the sense of discomfort due to exposure of their skin to the air ; and if we can call it an idea , ' it is doubtless shared by all other aquatic Mollusca when exposed to air . 6 1 Leben der Cephalopoden , s . 21 ...
... probably arises from the sense of discomfort due to exposure of their skin to the air ; and if we can call it an idea , ' it is doubtless shared by all other aquatic Mollusca when exposed to air . 6 1 Leben der Cephalopoden , s . 21 ...
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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.