The intuitions of the mind inductively investigated / James McCosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCosh, James, 1811-1894, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intuition.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 451 pages)

Edition:

Third edition, revised.

Other Title:

intuitions of the mind

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Hurst and Co. Publishers, 1872.

Summary:

"There is a constant reference in the present day to intuition. It is surely desirable to have it ascertained what intuition is. But if this is to be done satisfactorily, it must be done carefully it must be done elaborately. It is the aim of this work to determine the precise nature of intuition, by which I mean the capacity which the mind has of perceiving objects and truths at once without a process. But in accomplishing this end, I have had to find out the mode in which intuition operates, and the laws which it obeys, to distinguish between it and associated exercises, and to settle what it can do and what it cannot do; and this could be done only by a painstaking study of the human mind." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Introduction: Aim of the work and method of inquiry

pt. I. General view of the nature of the intuitive convictions of the mind: General propositions regarding intuitions; Characters of our intuitions and method of employing them

pt. II. Particular examination of the intuitions: Primitive cognition; Primitive beliefs; Primitive judgments; Moral convictions

pt. III. Intuitive principles and the various sciences: Metaphysics; Metaphysical principles involved int he sciences

Appendix: On analytic of logical forms.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.