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LECTURE II. INSTINCT AND HABIT
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In attempting to understand the elements out of which mental phenomena1 are compounded, it is of the greatest importance to remember that from the protozoa to man there is nowhere a very wide gap either in structure or in behaviour. From this fact it is a highly probable inference that there is also nowhere a very wide mental gap. It is, of course, POSSIBLE that there may be, at certain stages in evolution, elements which are entirely2 new from the standpoint of analysis, though in their nascent3 form they have little influence on behaviour and no very marked correlatives in structure. But the hypothesis of continuity in mental development is clearly preferable if no psychological facts make it impossible. We shall find, if I am not mistaken, that there are no facts which refute the hypothesis of mental continuity, and that, on the other hand, this hypothesis affords a useful test of suggested theories as to the nature of mind.
The hypothesis of mental continuity throughout organic evolution may be used in two different ways. On the one hand, it may be held that we have more knowledge of our own minds than those of animals, and that we should use this knowledge to infer the existence of something similar to our own mental processes in animals and even in plants. On the other hand, it may be held that animals and plants present simpler phenomena, more easily analysed than those of human minds; on this ground it may be urged that explanations which are adequate in the case of animals ought not to be lightly rejected in the case of man. The practical effects of these two views are diametrically opposite: the first leads us to level up animal intelligence with what we believe ourselves to know about our own intelligence, while the second leads us to attempt a levelling down of our own intelligence to something not too remote from what we can observe in animals. It is therefore important to consider the relative justification4 of the two ways of applying the principle of continuity.
It is clear that the question turns upon another, namely, which can we know best, the psychology5 of animals or that of human beings? If we can know most about animals, we shall use this knowledge as a basis for inference about human beings; if we can know most about human beings, we shall adopt the opposite procedure. And the question whether we can know most about the psychology of human beings or about that of animals turns upon yet another, namely: Is introspection or external observation the surer method in psychology? This is a question which I propose to discuss at length in Lecture VI; I shall therefore content myself now with a statement of the conclusions to be arrived at.
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justification
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psychology
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n.心理,心理学,心理状态 | |
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physiological
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analogous
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illustrate
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quotation
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cinder
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copious
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sensational
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stimulus
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disturbance
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deliberately
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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mandate
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discriminate
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v.区别,辨别,区分;有区别地对待 | |
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physiologist
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physiology
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kinetic
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physically
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physicists
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well-being
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preservation
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modification
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allusion
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n.暗示,间接提示 | |
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isolated
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adj.与世隔绝的 | |
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seasonal
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adj.季节的,季节性的 | |
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fluctuation
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n.(物价的)波动,涨落;周期性变动;脉动 | |
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previously
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embodies
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v.表现( embody的第三人称单数 );象征;包括;包含 | |
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immature
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adj.未成熟的,发育未全的,未充分发展的 | |
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fumbling
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n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理 | |
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v.成熟,使熟( ripen的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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widower
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frantic
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胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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(学习方面的)才能,资质,天资( aptitude的名词复数 ) | |
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犯错误,做错事( err的第三人称单数 ) | |
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prey
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已分解的,已腐烂的 | |
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给…加插图( illustrate的第三人称单数 ); 说明; 表明; (用示例、图画等)说明 | |
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