The sensory order : an inquiry into the foundations of theoretical psychology /

The Sensory Order, first published in 1952, sets forth F.A. Hayek's classic theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism that classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws. Hayek's substantial contribution to theoretical psychology has been addressed in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1952.
Temas:
Senses and sensation.
Mind and body.
Psychology.
Sens et sensations.
Psychologie.
sensation.
senses.
psychology.
Mind and body
Psychology
Senses and sensation
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I. The Nature of the Problem
  • 1. What is Mind!
  • 2. The Phenomenal and the Physical World
  • 3. Stimulus, Impulse, and the Theory of the Specific Energy of the Nerves
  • 4. Differences in Quality are Differences in the Effects
  • 5. The Unitary Character of the Sensory Order
  • 6. The Order of Sensory Qualities not Confined to Conscious Experience
  • 7. The Denial or Disregard of Our Problem by Behaviourism
  • 8. The 'Absolute' Qualities of Sensations a Phantom-Problem
  • II. An Outline of the Theory
  • 1. The Principle of the Explanation2. The Sensory Order in its Static and in its Dynamic Aspects
  • 3. The Principle of Classification
  • 4. Multiple Classification
  • 5. The Central Thesis
  • III. The Nervous System as an Instrument of Classification
  • 1. An Inventory of the Physiological Data
  • 2. Simplifying Assumptions on which the Operation of the Principle will be Discussed
  • 3. Elementary Forms of Classification
  • 4. Complex Forms of Classification
  • 5. The Classification of the Relations Between Classes
  • 6. The Universal Character of the Process of Classification: Gestalt Phenomena and Abstract ConceptsIV. Sensation and Behaviour
  • 1. Sensations and the Organism
  • 2. Evolution and the Hierarchal Order of the Nervous System
  • 3. From Specific Reflex to Generalized Evaluation
  • 4. Proprioception of Low-Level Responses
  • 5. Postures and Movements Connected with Perception
  • 6. Patterns of Motor Responses
  • 7. Biogenic Needs and Drives
  • 8. Emotions and the James-Lange Theory
  • V. The Structure of the Mental Order
  • 1. Pre-Sensory Experience or 'Linkages'
  • 2. The Gradual Formation of a 'Map' Reproducing Relations Between Events in the Environment3. The 'Map' and the 'Model'
  • 4. Associative Processes
  • 5. Mechanical and Purposive Behaviour
  • 6. The Modelâ€?Object Relationship
  • VI. Consciousness and Conceptual Thought
  • 1. Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes
  • 2. Criteria of Consciousness
  • 3. The Common Spaceâ€?Time Framework
  • 4. Attention
  • 5. The Functions of Consciousness
  • 6. 'Concrete' and 'Abstract'
  • 7. Conceptual Thought
  • VII. Confirmations and Verifications of the Theory
  • 1. Observed Facts for which the Theory Accounts2. Older Theories Comprised as Special Cases
  • 3. New Experiments Suggested
  • 4. Possibilities of Experimental Refutation
  • VIII. Philosophical Consequences
  • 1. Pre-Sensory Experience and Pure Empiricism
  • 2. Phenomenalism and the Inconstancy of Sensory Qualities
  • 3. Dualism and Materialism
  • 4. The Nature of Explanation
  • 5. Explanation of the Principle
  • 6. The Limits of Explanation
  • 7. The Division of the Sciences and the 'Freedom of the Will'
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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