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The Physical Basis of Mind

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Holistic Healing

The Physical Basis of Mind

George Henry Lewes

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George Henry Lewes asked the hardest question in science: can mind be explained by matter alone? His treatise probes life, organism and vital force at the border of biology and philosophy. A weighty Victorian attempt to find the physical roots of thought. Wrestle with the mind-body problem alongside a formidable thinker.

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72 chapters

  1. 1THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF MIND.
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4PROBLEM I. THE NATURE OF LIFE.
  5. 5THE NATURE OF LIFE.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. THE PROBLEM STATED.
  7. 7THE POSITION OF BIOLOGY.
  8. 8ORGANISMS.
  9. 9VITAL FORCE.
  10. 10VITAL FORCE CONTROLLING PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FORCES.
  11. 11CHAPTER II. DEFINITIONS OF LIFE.
  12. 12CHAPTER III. ORGANISM, ORGANIZATION, AND ORGANIC SUBSTANCE.
  13. 13ORGANISM AND MEDIUM.
  14. 14THE HYPOTHESIS OF GERMINAL MATTER.
  15. 15ORGANISMS AND MACHINES;
  16. 16CHAPTER IV. THE PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
  17. 17DOES THE FUNCTION DETERMINE THE ORGAN?
  18. 18CHAPTER V. EVOLUTION.

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