the philosophy of mind

[...]... only the elementsof which the fonnula of the fonn , consists E.g , the bronze is a part of the concretestatue but not of the statuewhen is spokenof in the senseof the fonn (For the fonn, or the thing as having fonn, this should be said to be the thing, but the material elementby itself must never be said to , be so.) And so the fonnula of the circle does not include that of the segments but the. .. severedfrom the whole; for it is not a finger in any and every statethat is the finger of a ' ' living thing, but a dead finger is a finger only in name A part may be a part either of the form (i.e., of the essence or of the compound of the form and the matter, or of ), the matter itself But only the parts of the form are parts of the formula and the formula , is of the universal for ' beinga circle' is the. .. to the mind of another The mind is its own place and in his inner life each of us lives the life of a ghostly Robinson Crusoe People can see, hear and jolt one another' s bodies , but they are irremediably blind and deaf to the workings of one another' s minds and inoperative upon them What sort of knowledge can be secured of the workings of a mind? On the one side, according to the official theory... impulsesthe existenceof which they vigorously disavow; someof their thoughts differ from the thoughts which they acknowledge and someof the actions which they think ; they will to perform they do not really will They are thoroughly gulled by some of their own hypocrisiesand they success fully ignore facts about their mental lives which on the official theory ought to be patent to them Holders of the official... of that age Stoic-Augustinian theories of the will were embeddedin the Calvinist doctrines of sin and grace Platonic and Aristotelian theories of the intellect shapedthe orthodox doctrines ; of the immortality of the soul Descarteswas reformulating already prevalent ' theological doctrinesof the soul in the new syntax of Galileo The theologians privacy of conscience becamethe philosophers privacy of. .. andOntheSoulbook2 , , book Aristotle Sincea definition is a fonnula, and every fonnula hasparts, and as the fonnula is to the thing, so is the part of the fonnula to the part of the thing, the questionis alreadybeing askedwhether the fonnula of the parts must be presentin the fonnula of the whole or the , not For in somecases fonnulae of the parts are seento be present and in somenot , The fonnula of the. .. physical as , The phenomenaof mind, then are the various feelings of our nature both those , , ; improperly called physical and those peculiarly designatedas mental and by the laws of mind I meanthe laws accordingto which thosefeelingsgenerateone another a Is There Science Psychology ? of All statesof mind are immediatelycaused either by other statesof mind or by statesof When a state of mind is producedby... circle doesnot include that of the segmentsbut that of the syllable includesthat of the letters; yet the circle is divided into segmentsas the syllable is into letters And further if the parts areprior to the whole, and the acuteangleis a part of the , right angle and the finger a part of the animal the acuteangle will be prior to the right angleand the finger to the man But the latter are thought to... fonnula of the syllableincludesthat of the letters; for the letters are parts of the fonnula of of the fonn, and not matter, but the segmentsare parts in the sense matter on which the fonn supervenesyet they are nearerthe fonn than the bronze is when roundnessis ; producedin bronze But in a sensenot even every kind of letter will be presentin the fonnula of the syllable e.g , particular waxen letters or the. .. geography But the logical geography officially recommended would entail that there could be no regular or effective use of these mental -conduct concepts in our ' descriptions of , and prescriptions for , other people s minds TheAbsurdityof theOfficialDoctrine Suchin outline is the official theory I shalloften speakof it , with deliberateabusiveness , as 'the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine' I . part either of the form ( i. e. , of the essence ) , or of the compound of the form and the matter , or of the matter itself. But only the parts of the form are parts of the formula,. parts , and as the fonnula is to the thing , so is the part of the fonnula to the part of the thing, the question is already being asked whether the fonnula of the parts must. and the acute angle is a part of the right angle and the finger a part of the animal , the acute angle will be prior to the right angle and the finger to the man. But the