19th Century · English
The Principles of Psychology
The Principles of Psychology, by Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Preface.prose
- 02Part I.: Special Analysis, Chapter I.: A Datum Wanted.prose
- 03Chapter II.: The Universal Postulate.prose
- 04Chapter III.: Its Corollaries.prose
- 05Chapter IV.: Our Present Position.prose
- 06Part II.: Special Analysis, Chapter I.: Compound Quantitative Reasoning.prose
- 07Chapter II.: Compound Quantitative Reasoning (Continued).prose
- 08Chapter III.: Imperfect and Simple Quantitative Reasoning.prose
- 09Chapter IV.: Quantitative Reasoning in General.prose
- 10Chapter V.: Perfect Qualitative Reasoning.prose
- 11Chapter VI.: Imperfect Qualitative Reasoning.prose
- 12Chapter VII.: Reasoning in General.prose
- 13Chapter VIII.: Classification, Naming, and Recognition.prose
- 14Chapter IX.: The Perception of Special Objects.prose
- 15Chapter X.: The Perception of Body as Presenting Dynamical, Statico-dynamical, and Statical Attributes.prose
- 16Chapter XI.: The Perception of Body as Presenting Statico-dynamical and Statical Attributes.prose
- 17Chapter XII.: The Perception of Body as Presenting Statical Attributes.prose
- 18Chapter XIII.: The Perception of Space.prose
- 19Chapter XIV.: The Perception of Time.prose
- 20Chapter XV.: The Perception of Motion.prose
- 21Chapter XVI.: The Perception of Resistance.prose
- 22Chapter XVII.: Perception in General.prose
- 23Chapter XVIII.: The Relations of Similarity and Dissimilarity.prose
- 24Chapter XIX.: The Relations of Cointension and Non-cointension.prose
- 25Chapter XX.: The Relations of Coextension and Non-coextension.prose
- 26Chapter XXI.: The Relations of Coexistence and Non-coexistence.prose
- 27Chapter XXII.: The Relations of Connature and Non-connature.prose
- 28Chapter XXIII.: The Relations of Likeness and Unlikeness.prose
- 29Chapter XXIV.: The Relation of Sequence.prose
- 30Chapter XXV.: Consciousness in General.prose
- 31Chapter XXVI.: Results.prose
- 32Part III.: General Synthesis, Chapter I.: Method.prose
- 33Chapter II.: Connexion of Mind and Life.prose
- 34Chapter III.: Proximate Definition of Life.prose
- 35Chapter IV.: The Correspondence Between Life and Its Circumstances.prose
- 36Chapter V.: The Degree of Life Varies as the Degree of Correspondence.prose
- 37Chapter VI.: The Correspondence as Direct and Homogeneous.prose
- 38Chapter VII.: The Correspondence as Direct but Heterogeneous.prose
- 39Chapter VIII.: The Correspondence as Extending in Space.prose
- 40Chapter IX.: The Correspondence as Extending in Time.prose
- 41Chapter X.: The Correspondence as Increasing in Speciality.prose
- 42Chapter XI.: The Correspondence as Increasing in Generality.prose
- 43Chapter XII.: The Correspondence as Increasing in Complexity.prose
- 44Chapter XIII.: The Co-ordination of Correspondences.prose
- 45Chapter XIV.: The Integration of Correspondences.prose
- 46Chapter XV.: The Correspondences in Their Totality.prose
- 47Part IV.: Special Synthesis, Chapter I.: The Nature of Intelligence.prose
- 48Chapter II.: The Law of Intelligence.prose
- 49Chapter III.: The Growth of Intelligence.prose
- 50Chapter IV.: Reflex Action.prose
- 51Chapter V.: Instinct.prose
- 52Chapter VI.: Memory.prose
- 53Chapter VII.: Reason.prose
- 54Chapter VIII.: The Feelings.prose
- 55Chapter IX.: The Will.prose