Elements of the philosophy of the human mind. By Dugald Stewart. Rev. and abridged, with critical and explanatory notes, for the use of colleges and schools. By Francis Bowen ...

CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
PAGE
PART I. Nature and Object of the Philosophy of the Human Mind 1
II. Utility of the Philosophy of the Human Mind... 11
CHAPTER I.
OF THE POWERS OF EXTERNAL PERCEPTION.. 30
SECT. I. Theories formed by Philosophers to explain the manner in
which the Mind perceives external Objects.. 30
II. Of Dr. Reid's Speculations on the Subject of Perception 38
III. Of the Origin of our Knowledge.... 44
CHAPTER II.
OF ATTENTION....... a 49
CHAPTER III.
OF CONCEPTION... 76
CHAPTER IV.
OF ABSTRACTION.. 92
SECT. I. General Observations on this Faculty of the Mind 92
II. Objects of our Thoughts, when we employ general terms 97
III. Remarks on the opinions of some modern Philosophers on
the subject of the foregoing Section.. 112
IV. Inferences with respect to the Use of Language as an Instrument of Thought, and the Errors in Reasoning to
which it occasionally gives rise.. 125