ABSTRACT

This is Volume XVI of thirty-eight in the General Psychology series. First published in 1932 this study explores the fact that consciousness is not merely an accidental by-product of human life but rather constitutes the chief goal of living.

chapter |14 pages

Foreword

The Significance of the Question of ‘ I '

chapter Chapter II|17 pages

Behaviorism and Its Opponents 1

chapter Chapter VI|13 pages

Consciousness as a State

chapter Chapter VII|20 pages

Attempts and Failures

chapter Chapter VIII|15 pages

The Nature of Consciousness

chapter Chapter XI|37 pages

Provisional Conclusions