Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... appear that the phenomena of mind in animals , having constituted so much and so long the theme of unscientific authors , are now considered well- nigh unworthy of serious treatment by scientific methods . But it is surely needless to ...
... appear that the phenomena of mind in animals , having constituted so much and so long the theme of unscientific authors , are now considered well- nigh unworthy of serious treatment by scientific methods . But it is surely needless to ...
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... appear to exhibit them . Thus it is that we may have a subjective analysis of mind and an objective analysis of mind the difference between the two con- sisting in this , that in our subjective analysis we are restricted to the limits ...
... appear to exhibit them . Thus it is that we may have a subjective analysis of mind and an objective analysis of mind the difference between the two con- sisting in this , that in our subjective analysis we are restricted to the limits ...
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... appear un- satisfactory , since it depends , not on direct knowledge , but on inference . Here , however , it seems enough to point out , as already observed , that it is the best criterion available ; and further , that scepticism of ...
... appear un- satisfactory , since it depends , not on direct knowledge , but on inference . Here , however , it seems enough to point out , as already observed , that it is the best criterion available ; and further , that scepticism of ...
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... appear to arise spontaneously or without observable stimulation , the fact is to be at- tributed to a liberation of overplus ganglionic energy , or to some unobservable stimulation ; it does not justify the supposition of any psychical ...
... appear to arise spontaneously or without observable stimulation , the fact is to be at- tributed to a liberation of overplus ganglionic energy , or to some unobservable stimulation ; it does not justify the supposition of any psychical ...
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... appears from his observations that the manner in which these animals draw down leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent purpose - seeing that they always lay hold of the ...
... appears from his observations that the manner in which these animals draw down leaves , & c . , into their burrows is strongly indicative of instinctive action , if not of intelligent purpose - seeing that they always lay hold of the ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page i - ANIMAL LIFE AS AFFECTED BY THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE.
Page 359 - ... knee. He was ill three days, during which time I nursed him ; kept him apart from his fellows, that they might not molest him (for, like many other wild animals, they persecute one of their own species that is sick) and, by constant care, and trying him with a variety of herbs, restored him to perfect health. No creature...
Page 11 - For my own part, I look upon it as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor from any laws of mechanism, but, according to the best notions of the greatest philosophers, is an immediate impression from the first mover, and the divine energy acting in the creatures.