...forth his arm, does he not exert a force that determines that movement ? He has said elsewhere that " there is no proof that any state of consciousness...change in the motion of the matter of the organism." The late Professor Herbert might well call it a "preposterous assertion." The motion of my fingers,...

...are immediately caused ' by molecular changes of the brain-substance,' declares it] the next that ' there is no proof that any state of 'consciousness...change in the motion ' of the matter of the organism.' These statements amount to the preposterous assertion that states of consciousness are regular effects...

...judgment, ' the argumentation which applies to brutes holds ' equally good of men ; and therefore, that all states of ' consciousness in us, as in them, are immediately...molecular changes of the brain-substance. ' It seems to ine that in men, as in brutes, there is no ' proof that any state of consciousness is the cause of...

...judgment the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally good of men ; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness in us as in them are immediately...proof that any state of consciousness is the cause of any change in the motion of the matter of the organism. If these positions are well based, it follows...

...entitled, The Hypothesis that Animals are Automata. "It seems to me," writes the author of this article, "that in men, as in brutes, there is no proof that...state of consciousness is the cause of change in the motions of the matter of the organism. " . . . "If these propositions are well based it follows that...

...that "the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally good of men ; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness in us, as in them, are immediately...caused by molecular changes of the brainsubstance. . . . The feeling we call volition is not the cause of a voluntary act, but the symbol of that state...

...automata. " One of the propositions is that a part of human behaviour is automatic, the other, that ' ' there is no proof that any state of consciousness is the cause of change in the motions of the matter of the organism. " By this kind of argument it may be proved that all things...

...automata." One of the propositions is that a part of human behaviour is automatic, the other, that "there is no proof that any state of consciousness is the cause of change in the motions of the matter of the organism." By this kind of argument it may be proved that all things are...

...judgment the argumentation tbich applies to brutes holds equally good of men ; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness in us as in them are immediately caused by molecular '-•tanires of the brain-substance. It seems to me that in men, as in brutes, there is no proof that...

...into the chain of causation, at all." And again he says, " It seems to me that in man, as in brute, there is no proof that any state of consciousness...change in the motion of the matter of the organism." Instead of volition being no cause it is the only cause of which we have any conception. We are conscious...