Animal intelligence (treatise).D. Appleton, 1882 - 520 pages |
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... result or correlative of a chain of physical sequences due to a physical stimulation , it is enough to point to the ... results of its own individual experience ? If it does so , the fact cannot be due merely to reflex action in the ...
... result or correlative of a chain of physical sequences due to a physical stimulation , it is enough to point to the ... results of its own individual experience ? If it does so , the fact cannot be due merely to reflex action in the ...
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... result of experience ; at first , therefore , the action of closing the eyelids in order to protect the eyes may be said to be instinctive , in that it involves the mind - element : 1 yet it afterwards becomes à reflex which asserts ...
... result of experience ; at first , therefore , the action of closing the eyelids in order to protect the eyes may be said to be instinctive , in that it involves the mind - element : 1 yet it afterwards becomes à reflex which asserts ...
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... result of its perceptions , I think it sounds less unusual to speak of the oyster as dis- playing intelligence than as displaying reason . On this account I shall use the former term to signify the lower degrees of the ratiocinative ...
... result of its perceptions , I think it sounds less unusual to speak of the oyster as dis- playing intelligence than as displaying reason . On this account I shall use the former term to signify the lower degrees of the ratiocinative ...
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... result of natural selection . Some species of meduse - notably Sarsia - seek the light , crowding into the path of a beam , and following it actively if moved . They derive advantage from so doing , because certain small crustacea on ...
... result of natural selection . Some species of meduse - notably Sarsia - seek the light , crowding into the path of a beam , and following it actively if moved . They derive advantage from so doing , because certain small crustacea on ...
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... result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the authority of an accurate observer , and is of so ...
... result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the authority of an accurate observer , and is of so ...
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