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... performance of certain actions tending to the well- being of the individual and the preservation of the species . " † According to such views , instinct is an ultimate principle the natural genesis of which is beyond the pale of ...
... performance of certain actions tending to the well- being of the individual and the preservation of the species . " † According to such views , instinct is an ultimate principle the natural genesis of which is beyond the pale of ...
Page 64
... performance of certain actions tending to their own well - being and the preservation of the species . Let us first consider the reference of instinctive actions to a faculty by which animals are said to be impelled to their performance ...
... performance of certain actions tending to their own well - being and the preservation of the species . Let us first consider the reference of instinctive actions to a faculty by which animals are said to be impelled to their performance ...
Page 65
... performance of certain actions , This it is which , from the observational point of view , is unnecessary . For the reference of a given type of observed behaviour to a " propensity " so to behave or to a " faculty ' of thus behaving ...
... performance of certain actions , This it is which , from the observational point of view , is unnecessary . For the reference of a given type of observed behaviour to a " propensity " so to behave or to a " faculty ' of thus behaving ...
Page 67
... performance of " certain actions " ? And how far shall we accept it ? We shall take it as implying so much definiteness of behaviour as renders instinctive acts sus- ceptible of scientific investigation , and in this sense shall accept ...
... performance of " certain actions " ? And how far shall we accept it ? We shall take it as implying so much definiteness of behaviour as renders instinctive acts sus- ceptible of scientific investigation , and in this sense shall accept ...
Page 69
... performance of certain actions . As it stands it is too sweeping and general . Still , we do require some explicit statement of the facts which he had in mind when he wrote the words " all alike . " And we find it with sufficient ...
... performance of certain actions . As it stands it is too sweeping and general . Still , we do require some explicit statement of the facts which he had in mind when he wrote the words " all alike . " And we find it with sufficient ...
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Page 306 - The consciousness of brutes would appear to be related to the mechanism of their body simply as a collateral product of its working, and to be as completely without any power of modifying that working, as the steam-whistle which accompanies the work of a locomotive engine is without influence upon its machinery.
Page 63 - For my own part, I look upon it as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor from any laws of mechanism, but, according to the best notions of the greatest philosophers, is an immediate impression from the first mover, and the divine energy acting in the creatures.
Page 288 - In other words, those races of beings only can have survived in which, on the average, agreeable or desired feelings went along with activities conducive to the maintenance of life, while disagreeable and habitually-avoided feelings went along with activities directly or indirectly destructive of life...
Page 24 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
Page 63 - ... Faculty of an intellectual Being. For my own part, I look upon it as upon the Principle of Gravitation in Bodies, which is not to be explained by any known Qualities inherent in the Bodies themselves, nor from any Laws of Mechanism, but, according to the best Notions of the greatest Philosophers, is an immediate Impression from the first Mover, and the Divine Energy acting in the Creatures.
Page 223 - When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious inhabitants, excavating chambers, forming tunnels, making roads, guarding their home, gathering food, feeding the young, tending their domestic animals, — each one fulfilling its duties industriously, and without confusion, — it is difficult altogether to deny to them the gift of reason ; and the preceding observations tend to confirm the opinion that their mental powers differ from those of men, not so much in kind as in degree.
Page 317 - We see that the inferior animals, when the conditions of life are favorable, are subject to periodical fits of gladness, affecting them powerfully and standing out in vivid contrast to their ordinary temper. And we know what this feeling is — this periodic intense elation which even civilized man occasionally experiences when in perfect health, more especially when young.
Page 218 - They came to the edge and tried hard to get over, but it did not occur to them to push the paper bridge, though the distance was only about one-third of an inch, and they might easily have done so. After trying for about a quarter of an hour they gave up the attempt, and returned home. This I repeated several times.
Page 50 - That therefore, on the whole, the theory of Wallace and Bates is supported by the facts detailed in this and the author's former papers, so far as they deal with birds (and with the one mammal used).
Page 149 - The cat that is clawing all over the box in her impulsive struggle will probably claw the string or loop or button so as to open the door. And gradually all the other non-successful impulses will be stamped out and the particular impulse leading to the successful act will be stamped in by the resulting pleasure, until, after many trials, the cat will, when put in the box, immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way.