...entitled, The Hypoilicsis 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 ......

...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 ......

...quite true that to the best of my judgment the argumentation tbich applies to brutes holds equally good of men ; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness...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...

...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...

...physical changes, not a cause of such changes. It is quite true that this reasoning holds equally good of men, and therefore that all states of consciousness...change in the motion of the matter of the organism. If these positions are well based, it follows that our mental conditions are simply the symbols in...

...true that, to the best of my judgment, the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally good of men ; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness...change in the motion of the matter of the organism. If these positions are well based, it follows that our mental conditions are simply the symbols in...

...true that, to the best of my judgment, the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally good of men ; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness...change in the motion of the matter of the organism. If these positions are well based, it follows that our mental conditions are simply the symbols in...

...that, to the best of my judgment, ' the argumentation which applies to brutes holds ' equally good of men; and therefore, that all states of ' consciousness...change in the motion of the matter of the organism. ' If these positions are well based, it follows that our ' mental conditions are simply the symbols...

...that, to the best of my judgment, ' the argumentation which applies to brutes holds ' equally good of men; and therefore, that all states of ' consciousness...change in the motion of the matter of the organism. ' If these positions are well based, it follows that our ' mental conditions are simply the symbols...

...come naturally to the conclusion that " the argumentation which applies to brutes holds equally good of men; and, therefore, that all states of consciousness...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...