ABSTRACT
Analysis of the components of a mental process calls for the development of a body of conceptual equipment whereby a series of phenomena can be described. An appropriate technical language is essential if we are to understand the modes of functioning of the mind in relation to the external world and, later, to its own processes. Given that the first mental operations presuppose that something is received and in some way retained, let us set about defining our concepts by first considering the stages of this outside-to-inside storage operation.
