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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I.
Of the Nature and Object of the Philofophy of the Hu-
man Mind,
PART II.
Page 1
SECT. I. Of the Utility of the Philofophy of the Human
Mind,
II. Continuation of the fame Subject,
CHAP. I.
Of the Powers of External Perception.
SECT. I. Of the Theories which have been formed by Phi-
lofophers, to explain the Manner in which the
MIND perceives external Objects,
II. Of certain natural Prejudices, which feem to
have given rife to the common Theories of
Perception,
III.-Of Dr. REID'S Speculations on the Subject of
IV. Of the Origin of our Knowledge,
CHAP. II.
Of Attention,
CHAP. III.
Of Conception,
CHAP. IV.
Of Abfraction.
SECT. I.-General Obfervations on this Faculty of the
II.—Of the Objects of our Thoughts, when we employ
general Terms,
III. Remarks on the Opinions of fome modern Phi-
lofophers on the Subject of the foregoing
Section,
IV. Continuation of the fame Subject.-Inferences
with refpect to the Ufe of Language as an
Inftrument of Thought, and the Errors
in Reasoning to which it occafionally gives
rife,
V. Of the Purposes to which the Powers of Ab-
straction and Generalisation are fubfervient,
VI. Of the Errors to which we are liable in Specu-
lation, and in the Conduct of Affairs, in
.confequence of a rash Application of general
Principles,
VII. Continuation of the fame Subject.-Differences
in the intellectual Characters of Individuals,
arifing from their different Habits of Ab-
ftraction and Generalifation,
VIII. Continuation of the fame Subject.-Ufe and
Abuse of general Principles in Politics,
CHAP. V.
Of the Affociation of Ideas,
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152
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182
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204
215
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277
PART
Of the Influence of Affociation in regulating the Succeffion of
our Thoughts.
SECT. I.-General Obfervations on this Part of our Con-
stitution, and on the Language of Philofo-
phers with refpect to it,
II. Of the Principles of Affociation among our Ideas, 288
III. Of the Power which the Mind has over the
IV.-Illustrations of the Doctrine stated in the pre-
Train of its Thoughts,
ceding Section,
1. Of Wit,
2. Of Rhyme,
3. Of Poetical Fancy,
295
301
ibid.
306
312
4. Of Invention in the Arts and Sciences,, 317
V.-Application of the Principles ftated in the fore-
going Sections of this Chapter, to explain
the Phenomena of Dreaming,
Of the Influence of Affociation on the Intellectual and on the
Active Powers.
SECT. I. Of the Influence of cafual Affociations on our
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fpeculative Conclufions,
II. Of the Influence of the Affociation of Ideas on
our Judgments in Matters of Tafte,
348
III. Of the Influence of Affociation on our active
Principles and on our moral Judgments,
IV.-General Remarks on the Subjects treated in
the foregoing Sections of this Chapter,
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386
397
CHAP. VI.
Of Memory.
SECT. I.-General Obfervations on Memory,
403
II. Of the Varieties of Memory in different Indi-
viduals,
416
III. Of
III. Of the Improvement of Memory.-Analysis of
the Principles on which the Culture of Me-
mory depends,
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IV.-Continuation of the fame Subject. Of the Aid
which the Memory derives from Philofophical
Arrangement,
V.-Continuation of the fame Subject.-Effects pro-
duced on the Memory by committing to Writ-
ing our acquired Knowledge,
VI.-Continuation of the same Subject.—Of Artificial
Memory,
VII. Continuation of the fame Subject.-Importance
of making a proper Selection among the Ob-
jects of our Knowledge, in order to derive
Advantage from the Acquifitions of Me-
mory,
VIII. Of the Connection between Memory and phi-
lofophical Genius,
CHAP. VII.
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Of Imagination.
SECT. I.-Analysis of Imagination,
481
II.-Of Imagination confidered in its Relation to fome
of the Fine Arts,
489
III. Continuation of the fame Subject.-Relation of
Imagination and of Tafte to Genius,
506
IV. Of the Influence of Imagination on human Cha-
racter and Happiness,
V.-Continuation of the fame Subject.-Inconve-
niences refulting from an ill-regulated Ima-
gination,
VI. Continuation of the fame Subject.-Important
Ufes to which the Power of Imagination is
fubfervient,
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NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
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