 In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical, and that thought, as exercised by us, has its correlative in the physics of the brain, I think the position of the " Materialist " is stated, as far as that position is a tenable one. I think the...  Quarterly Journal of Science: 1868 - Page 5011868Full view - About this book
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 438 pages
...hate that the motion is in the other ; but the " WHY ? " would remain as unanswerable as before. ' In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...position against all attacks ; but I do not think, in the present condition of the human mind, that he can pass beyond this position. I do not think he... | |
 | James McCosh - 1871 - 410 pages
...phenomena of mind being ever " associated " with those of matter, and of their " appearing together." "In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...finally to maintain this position against all attacks." And he argues, in behalf of " the extreme probability of the hypothesis, that for every fact of consciousness,... | |
 | 1871 - 818 pages
...of the body is mechamcal, and that thought, as exercised by us, has its correlation in the physies of the brain, I think the position of the materialist...one. I think the materialist will be able finally to main taiu this position against all attacks ; but I do not think, in the present condition of the human... | |
 | william blackwood - 1871 - 810 pages
...when we hate that the motion is in another ; but the ' why ? ' would remain as unanswerable as before. ) P - o )C F VAG 4 & :;Ĺ Y I穮.o əe. 4 fb $ v dP D j ;U -K U correlation in the physics of the brain, I think the position of the materialist is stated, as far... | |
 | 1869 - 400 pages
...disturbances of Uranus, or as conical refraction was deduced from the undulatory theory of light. " In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical, and that thought, as exercised by us, lias its correlative in the physics of the brain, I think the position of the ' materialist' is stated... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1872 - 102 pages
...we hate that the motion is in the other; but the ' WHY ? ' would remain as unanswerable as before. In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...us, has its correlative in the physics of the brain, T think the position of the ' Materialist' is stated, as far as that position is a tenable one. I think... | |
 | John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pages
...have an infinitude of silence." In the same book, chapter "Scientific Materialism," he says : " lu affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...position against all attacks ; but I do not think, in the present condition of the human mind, that he can pass beyond this position. I do not think he... | |
 | 1873 - 842 pages
...a process of reasoning, from the one to the other. They appear together, but we do not know why." " In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...stated, as far as that position is a tenable one. I do not think he is entitled to say that his molecular groupings and his molecular motions explain everything.... | |
 | 1873 - 610 pages
...process of ' reasoning, from the one to the other. They appear together, ' but we do not know why.' ' In affirming that the growth of the ' body is mechanical,...stated, as far as that position is a ' tenable one. I do not think he is entitled to say that his ' molecular groupings and his molecular motions explain... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1873 - 672 pages
...and when we hate that the motion is in the other, but the ' Why ? ' would still remain unanswered. In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...physics of the brain, I think the position of the 4 Materialist ' is stated as far as that position is a tenable one. I think the Materialist will be... | |
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