A Contribution To The Theory Of The Living Organism
Автор:Anon Год: 2006 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 212 ISBN: 9781406717358 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY PAGE 1. The living organism as subject 2. Purposive action by living organisms 3. Instinctive and learnt behaviour 4. Hormic goals and biological consequences CHAPTER II. THE UNITY OF THE ORGANISM. BIOLOGICAL FIELDS 1. The synthesis of an organism out of its parts 2. Biological fields 3. The brain field 4. Gestalt psychology and the field concept 5. Brain fields and cortical localization 6. Some general features of the psychophysical field 7. The unity of the organism considered as a nexus of subjects CHAPTER III. THE ORGANISM AS A PSYCHOPHYSICAL SYSTEM 1. Perception and causation 2. Whitehead's Philosophy of Organism 3. A percipient event 4. Consciousness 5. Subjective aim and purpose CHAPTER IV. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR IN TERMS OF PERCEPTION 1. Psychological and physiological explanations of behaviour 2. The tropism theory of behaviour 3. Learning 4. Conditioned reflexes 5. Habituation 6. Trial behaviour 7. The behaviour of the amoeba 8. CONTENTS CHAPTER V....
