1st Edition

The Mind and its Mechanism

By Paul Bousfield, W.R. Bousfield Copyright 1927
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1927, the original blurb reads: "Scientists are beginning to believe there is some immaterial thing which performs certain functions that the material mechanism of the brain is powerless to perform. It is the purpose of this book to explain what that immaterial thing is and how it functions. The Mind and Its Mechanism deals with a theory that may conceivably influence... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Consciousness  3. The Psychic Organ  4. The Avenues to Consciousness  5. The Mnema  6. Ideo-Motor Action  7. The Transformation of Ideas  8. Recapitulation  9. The Energy of Ideas  10. Emotion  11. The ‘Unconscious Mind’  12. The ‘Censor’  13. Hypnosis  14. Telepathy  15. Evolution

Biography

Bousfield, Paul; Bousfield, W.R.