 | 1873 - 610 lehte
...terialism,' he points out that the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding fact of consciousness is unthinkable. ' Granted that a definite thought and a definite mole' cular action in the brain occur simultaneously, we do not ' possess the intellectual organ, nor... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 764 lehte
...between these two closely connected sets of facts ; those, namely, of nervous force and consciousness. "The passage from the physics of the brain to the...us to pass, by a process of reasoning, from the one to the other. They appear together, but we do not know why. Were our minds and senses so expanded,... | |
 | 1874 - 796 lehte
...soar in a vacuum the moment we seek to comprehend the connection between them." And again elsewhere :* "Granted that a definite thought and a definite molecular...simultaneously, we do not possess the intellectual organs, nor apparently any rudiment of the organs, which would enable us to pass by a process of reasoning... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1874 - 178 lehte
...errors of systematic Ma" terialism may paralyze the energies and de" stroy the beauty of a life." " The passage from the physics of the brain "to the corresponding facts of consciousness," says TYNDALL, "is unthinkable. ... On both "sides of the zone here assigned to the materi" alist he... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1875 - 500 lehte
...thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem ; but the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding...other. They appear together, but we do not know why." — TYNDALL, Address to the Mathematical and Physical Section of the British Association, 1868. To... | |
 | London coll. of the Presbyterian church in England - 1875 - 268 lehte
...say, I feel, I think, I love ; but how does consciousness infuse itself into the problem ? . . . . The passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding...us to pass, by a process of reasoning, from the one to the other. They appear together, but we do not know why The chasm between the two classes of phenomena... | |
 | James McCosh - 1875 - 76 lehte
...structure — it may rise to intelligence and feeling. He has, however, to allow in his Appendix, " Granted that a definite thought and a definite molecular...us to pass by a process of reasoning from the one to the other." He speaks of the chasm between the two classes of phenomena being " intellectually impassable."... | |
 | Théodule Ribot - 1875 - 478 lehte
...have said, some remarkable reflections of the great English physicist, Tyndall. 'Granted,' says he, 'that a definite thought and a definite molecular...us to pass by a process of reasoning from the one to the other. They appear together, but we do not know why. Were our minds and senses so expanded,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1875 - 470 lehte
...is thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding...unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecr1" action in the brain occur simultaneously ; we do not p the intellectual organ, nor apparently... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg, T. M. Gorman - 1875 - 580 lehte
...surprising self-confidence, as being determined, not only for the present, but for all time to come, that " the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted (it is said) that a definite thought, and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously... | |
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... the passage from the current to the needle, if not demonstrable, is thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness... 
