On Sameness and Identity: A Psychological Study

On Sameness and Identity: A Psychological Study - Being a Contribution to the Foundations of a Theory of Knowledge

Researches are in progress on: Memory and the Least Noticeable Difference in Sensation; Measurement in the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Nervous System; The Rate at which the Nervous Impulse Travels; The Personal Difference in the Time of Mental Processes; The Rate, Extent, and Force of Movement; Accuracy of Perception as a Function of the Time of Stimulation; The Correlation of Mental Time, Intensity, and Extensity; The Relative Value to Science of Experiment, Observation, and Memory; The Building of Complex Perceptions; etc. And some require everything accurately stated; whereas, this accuracy annoys others, either because of their inability to follow a train of reasoning through, or because of its hair-splitting character; for accuracy does involve some hair-splitting. Section 1. There are few words the ambiguity of which has led to more confusion and profitless dispute than that of the word same. Men constantly use this word as though it had but one meaning, and that meaning were always clear, whereas it really gives expression to a number of widely different experiences, some of which are quite difficult of analysis. It is highly desirable that these experiences should not be confounded with each other, but kept clearly separate, as the consequences of such misconception are very far-reaching. How far-reaching, I shall in the pages to follow try to indicate. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 57998
Author: Fullerton, George Stuart
Release Date: Oct 1, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English