The Mind and Its Place in Nature (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Mind and Its Place in Nature<br><br>I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists and I am afraid by some philosophers for having taken serious account of the alleged facts which are investi gated by Psychical Researchers. I am wholly imponi tent about this. The scientists in question seem to me to confuse the Author of Nature with the Editor of Nature; or at any rate to suppose that there can be no productions of the former which would not be accepted for publication by the latter. And I see no reason to believe this.<br><br>I am only too well aware how inadequate the book is to its rather ambitious title. Many subjects which ought to have been discussed are not touched upon; and those subjects which are discussed are not exhausted even if the reader be so. But it is the best that I can do at present; and I hope that some parts of it at any rate may form starting-points for fruitful controversies among philosophers psychologists biologists and psychical researchers.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.