Volume 1

Mind and brain, or, The correlations of consciousness and organisation with their applications to philosophy, zoology, physiology, mental pathology, and the practice of medicine / by Thomas Laycock.

  • Laycock, Thomas, 1812-1876.
Date:
1860
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    CONTENTS OF VOL. 1. Part I.—PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION ON METHOD. Chapter I.—On thk Necessary Connection of a Phy- siology OF THE Brain with a Practical Science of Mind. The Problem stated, . ^^^^ A continuous Energy manifested in Life and Thought, . 2 Practical Study of the Nervous System necessary to de- termine its Laws of Action, Uses of Logic and Metaphysics in the study, Its comparative ease, .... Necessity of Discipline and Preparation, Peculiarity of the Subject-matter of Inquiry, . Importance of the study of Comparative Psychology, 9 Chapter II.—On the Ends to be attained by a Science OF Mind founded on a Philosophical Physiology OF the Brain. ^ Includes the Correlations of Mental and Vital States, . 12 ' ^sthetical character of Philosophy, so-called, . . 13 Practical character of Mental Science, ... 15 Applications of Mental Science,— : To Mental Hygiene, . . , , _ ]5 To Medical Art, . . ' [ .17 To Medical Science, . . , , . ]g To Success in all Professional Pursuits, . . 20 b