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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER III The Mechanical Theories of Matter are only Symbols | |
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| Physicists vainly endeavour to reduce the rôle of sensation—Mathematical, energetical, and mechanical theories of universe—Mechanical model formed from sensation—Instance of tuning-fork—No one sensation any right to hegemony over others | 27 |
| CHAPTER IV Answers to some Objections, and Summary | |
| Objections of spiritualists—Of German authors who contend that nervous system does give true image—Of metaphysicians—Common ground of objection that nervous system not intermediary—Answer to this—Summary of preceding chapters | 44 |
BOOK II THE DEFINITION OF MIND | |
| CHAPTER I The Distinction Between Cognition and Its Object | |
| Necessity for inventory of mental phenomena—Objects of cognition and acts of cognition—Definition of consciousness | 55 |
| CHAPTER II Definition of Sensation | |
| Sensation defined by experimental psychology—A state of consciousness—Considered self-evident by Mill, Renouvier, and Hume—Psycho-physical according to Reid and Hamilton—Reasons in favour of last definition—Other opinions examined and refuted | 60 |
