ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1907, this book explores the distinction between mind and matter.
Although Alfred Binet is best known for his contributions to the study of intelligence he had other extensive research interests and published widely in many areas of psychology. This reissue is an opportunity to explore some of that work, which includes consciousness and cognition as well as definitions of psychology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Book I|51 pages
The Definition of Matter
chapter Chapter I|7 pages
The Mind and the Brain 1
chapter Chapter II|17 pages
Our Knowledge of External Objects is Only Sensations
chapter Chapter III|17 pages
The Mechanical Theories of Matter are Only Symbols
chapter Chapter IV|8 pages
Answers to Some Objections, and Summary
part Book II|123 pages
The Definition of Mind
chapter Chapter I|5 pages
The Distinction between Cognition 1 and Its Object
chapter Chapter II|16 pages
Definition of Sensation
chapter Chapter III|12 pages
Definition of the Image
chapter Chapter IV|8 pages
Definition of the Emotions
chapter Chapter V|7 pages
Definition of the Consciousness—The Relation Subject-Object
chapter Chapter VI|16 pages
Definition of the Consciousness—Categories of the Understanding
chapter Chapter VII|7 pages
Definition of the Consciousness—The Separability of the Consciousness from Its Object—Discussion of Idealism
chapter Chapter VIII|9 pages
Definition of the Consciousness—the Separation of the Consciousness from its Object—the Unconscious
chapter Chapter IX|41 pages
Definitions of Psychology
part Book III|100 pages
The Union of the Soul 1 and the Body