Body and Mind: A History and a Defense of Animism

accept action activity Animism animistic appears argument Aristotle assumption atoms behaviour believe bodily body brain brain-processes causation cells century cerebral cerebrum chapter complex conation conceive conception conservation of energy dæmon Democritus Descartes difficulty distinct doctrine Dualism effect elements empirical energy Epiphenomenalism essential evoked evolution existence experience explanation fact Fechner functions ghost-soul human hypothesis idea identity-hypothesis immaterial immortality imply influence inorganic Kant material materialistic matter meaning mechanistic memory mental process metaphysical mind modern modes monads movements namely natural selection nature nerves nervous system neural notion object organism Pantheism Parallelism parallelist perception personality phenomena philosophers physical processes physical world physiological principle Prof Psychical Monism psycho-physical interaction psycho-physical Parallelism psycho-physical problem psychology purely mechanical reality reason reflex action regarded relation sciousness seems sensation sense sense-impression sensory content Solipsism soul spatial spirit stimulus stream of consciousness substance suppose teleological things thought tion unity vitalistic whole