Mental evolution in man : origin of human faculty / by George John Romanes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romanes, George John, 1848-1894

Series:

CIHM/ICMH microfiche series ; no. 16908.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Comparative.

Evolution.

Evolution (Biology).

Human information processing.

Human evolution.

Psychology.

Biological Evolution.

Mental Processes.

evolution.

psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Biological Evolution.

Mental Processes.

Psychology, Comparative.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, chart

Other Title:

Binder's title: Origin of human faculty DNLM

Place of Publication:

London : Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"In now carrying my study of mental evolution into the province of human psychology, it is desirable that I should say a few words to indicate the scope and intention of this the major portion of my work. For it is evident that "Mental Evolution in Man" is a subject comprehending so enormous a field that, unless some lines of limitation are drawn within which its discussion is to be confined, no one writer could presume to deal with it. The lines, then, which I have laid down for my own guidance are these. My object is to seek for the principles and causes of mental evolution in man, first as regards the origin of human faculty, and next as regards the several main branches into which faculties distinctively human afterwards ramified and developed. In order as far as possible to gain this object, it has appeared to me desirable to take large or general views, both of the main trunk itself, and also of its sundry branches. Therefore I have throughout avoided the temptation of following any of the branches into their smaller ramifications, or of going into the details of progressive development. These, I have felt, are matters to be dealt with by others who are severally better qualified for the task, whether their special studies have reference to language, archaeology, technicology, science, literature, art, politics, morals, or religion. But, in so far as I shall subsequently have to deal with these subjects, I will do so with the purpose of arriving at general principles bearing upon mental evolution, rather than with that of collecting facts or opinions for the sake of their intrinsic interest from a purely historical point of view"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Man and brute

Ideas

Logic of recepts

Logic of concepts

Language

Tone and gesture

Articulation

Relation of tone and gesture to words

Speech

Self-consciousness

The transition in the individual

Comparative philology

Roots of language

The witness of philology

The witness of philology—continued

The transition in the race.

Notes:

Final 32 p.: A list of Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.'s Publications.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (PsycNet, viewed July 24, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Romanes, George John, 1848-1894. Mental evolution in man.

OCLC:

563667527

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