The Mind and the Brain

by Alfred Binet

Overview

Originally published in 1907, this book explores the distinction between mind and matter.

Although Alfred Binet is best known for his contributions to the study of intelligence he had other extensive research interests and published widely in many areas of psychology. This reissue is an opportunity to explore some of that work, which includes consciousness and cognition as well as definitions of psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781502574589
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/02/2014
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

Alfred Binet ( July 8, 1857 - October 18, 1911) was a French psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test, the Binet-Simon test.[2] In 1904, the French Ministry of Education asked psychologist Alfred Binet to devise a method that would determine which students did not learn effectively from regular classroom instruction so they could be given remedial work. Along with his collaborator Théodore Simon, Binet published revisions of his test in 1908 and 1911, the last of which appeared just before his death.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Definition of Matter 1. Introduction 2. Our Knowledge of External Objects Only Sensation 3. The Mechanical Theories of Matter Are Only Symbols 4. Answers to Some Objections, and Summary Part 2: The Definition of Mind 1. The Distinction Between Cognition and its Object 2. Definition of Sensation 3. Definition of the Image 4. Definition of the Emotions 5. Definition of the Consciousness – The Relation Subject– Object 6. Definition of the Consciousness – Categories of the Understanding 7. Definition of the Consciousness – The Separability of the Consciousness from its Object – Discussion of Idealism 8. Definition of the Consciousness – The Separation of the Consciousness from its Object – The Unconscious 9. Definitions of Psychology Part 3: The Union of the Soul and the Body 1. The Mind has an Incomplete Life 2. Spiritualism and Idealism 3. Materialism and Parallelism 4. Modern Theories 5. Conclusion 6. Recapitulation.