 I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the elaboration of its knowledge, is always analytical. It descends from the whole to the parts, from the vague to the definite. Definitude, that is, a knowledge of minute differences is not  Proceedings of the ... Convocation - Side 100av University of the State of New York - 1872Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1859 - 772 sider
...our consciousness. The unity of consciousness is, as it were, the frame in which objects are seen. I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the...that is, a knowledge of minute differences, is not, as the opposite theory supposes, the first, but the last, term of our cognitions. Between two sheep... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1860 - 750 sider
...our consciousness. The unity of consciousness is, as it were, the frame in which objects are seen. I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the...that is, a knowledge of minute differences, is not, as the opposite theory supposes, the first, but the last, term of our cognitions. Between two sheep... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1866 - 582 sider
...our consciousness. The unity of consciousness is, as it were, the frame in which objects are seen. I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the...that is, a knowledge of minute differences, is not, as the opposite theory supposes, the first, but the last, term of our cognitions. Between two sheep... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1870 - 590 sider
...our consciousness. The unity of consciousness is, as it were, the frame in which objects are seen. I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the...that is, a knowledge of minute differences, is not, as the opposite theory supposes, the first, but the last term of our iiiu»trated. cognitions. Between... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1872 - 578 sider
...our consciousness. The unity of consciousness is, as it were, the frame in which objects are seen. I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the...that is, a knowledge of minute differences, is not, as the opposite theory supposes, the first, but the last, term of our cognitions. Between two sheep... | |
 | 1880 - 956 sider
...ago Sir William Hamilton laid down the following law of mental activity: "The first procedure of the mind in the elaboration of its knowledge, is always...whole to the parts; from the vague to the definite." The final procedure is synthetical, reconstructing the whole by the use of those elements into which... | |
 | 1880 - 652 sider
...Hamilton says: " The first procedure of the mind, in the elaboration of knowledge, is always analytical. From the whole to the parts, from the vague to the definite." Knowledge then should be presented in the form of wholes, that are resolvable by the pupil into parts.... | |
 | 1882 - 846 sider
...statements. Sir William Hamilton gives the following as a psychological law: "The first procedure of the mind in the elaboration of its knowledge is always...whole to the parts; from the vague to the definite." He adds: "These two processes—synthesis and analysis—are not in strict propriety two several methods,... | |
 | William Harold Payne - 1882 - 92 sider
...predetermined. Such an art may be based on the following psychological law: "The first procedure of the mind in the elaboration of its knowledge, is ALWAYS ANALYTICAL. It descends from the WHOLE to its PARTS, from the VAGUE to the IJEFINITE."— (Hamilton.*) 169. With only rare exceptions this doctrine... | |
 | 1883 - 718 sider
...see. Sir William Hamilton gives the following as a psychological law : " The first procedure of the mind in the elaboration of its knowledge is always...whole to the parts, from the vague to the definite." He adds, "These two processes, synthesis and analysis, are not, in strict propriety, two several methods,... | |
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