ABSTRACT
General concepts dissolve in the process of analysis and are replaced by a mosaic of elements. The hope, of course, is that the analysis will provide a solid foundation for the next round of general concepts. From a purely neurological standpoint it seems that activity in an appetite center motivates or is initiated by the sight of an apple in the visual center. There is a concatenation of drive and perception, of a state of hunger that arises internally and the sight of an apple in the environment, and this association rouses the motor centers for limb action. A common-sense starting point is with the sensory experience of the objects of the world around us. The world seems real enough, and an ingested world seems to be the basis for all of our ideas and behavior. Mind is shaped by the world to such an extent that even ideas which seem novel can be traced to events that are learned.
