AN INQUIRY INTO THE HUMAN MIND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF COMMON SENSE.
| | DEDICATION TO LORD DESKFOORD ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 395
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| | INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 399
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| | Sec. 1. The importance of the subject, and the means of prosecuting it ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | ib.
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| | 2. The impediments to our knowledge of the mind ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 400
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| | 3. The present state of this part of philosophy. Of Des Cartes, Malebranche, and Locke ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 403
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| | 4. Apology for these philosophers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 405
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| | 5. Of Bishop Berkeley; the "Treatise of Human Nature;" and of scepticism ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 406
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| | 6. Of the "Treatise of Human Nature" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 408
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| | 7. The system of all these authors is the same, and leads to scepticism ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 409
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| | 8. We ought not to despair of a better ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 410
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| | OF SMELLING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 411
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| | Sec 1. The order of proceeding. Of the medium and organ of smell ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | ib.
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| | 2. The sensation considered abstractly ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 412
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| | 3. Sensation and its remembrance natural principles of belief ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 413
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| | 4. Judgment and belief in some cases precede simple apprehension ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 415
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| | 5. Two theories of the nature of belief refuted. Conclusions from what hath been said ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 415
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| | 6. Apology for metaphysical absurdities. Sensation without a sentient, a consequence of the theory of ideas. Consequences of this strange opinion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 418
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| | 7. The conception and belief of a sentient being or mind, is suggested by our constitution. The notion of relations not always got by comparing the related ideas ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 422
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| | 8. There is a quality or virtue in bodies, which we call their smell. How this is connected in the imagination with the sensation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 424
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| | 9. That there is a principle in human nature, from which the notion of this, as well as all other natural virtues or causes, is derived ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 425
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| | 10. Whether in sensations the mind is active or passive ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 428
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| | OF TASTING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 430
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| | OF HEARING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 433
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| | Sec. 1. Variety of sounds. Their place and distance learned by custom, without reasoning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | ib.
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| | 2. Of natural language ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 434
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| | OF TOUCH ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 437
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| | Sec. 1. Of heat and cold ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | ib.
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| | 2. Of hardness and softness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 438
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| | 3. Of natural signs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 441
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| | 4. Of hardness, and other primary qualities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 444
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| | 5. The distinction betwixt primary and secondary qualities hath had several revolutions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | ib.
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| | 6. Of extension ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 445
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| | 7. Of extension ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 447
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| | 8. Of the existence of a material world ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 449
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| | 9. Of the systems of philosophers concerning the senses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 454
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| | OF SEEING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 457
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| | Sec. 1. The excellence and dignity of this faculty ib.
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| 2. Sight discovers almost nothing which the blind may not comprehend. The reason of this | 459
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