﻿THE 
  PROBLEM 
  OF 
  BODY 
  AND 
  MIND 
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  are 
  haunted 
  by 
  the 
  knowledge 
  that 
  particular 
  defects 
  in 
  the 
  

   instrument 
  are 
  terribly 
  perturbing 
  to 
  the 
  player. 
  

  

  (&) 
  The 
  experiences 
  of 
  mathematicians 
  and 
  other 
  thinkers 
  

   at 
  a 
  high 
  level 
  lead 
  us 
  to 
  attach 
  considerable 
  importance 
  to 
  

   unconscious 
  cerebration, 
  to 
  actual 
  achievements 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  personality 
  when 
  the 
  partner 
  whose 
  task 
  is 
  with 
  think- 
  

   ing 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  abeyance. 
  

  

  (c) 
  The 
  characteristic 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  animalistic 
  theory 
  is 
  

   the 
  idea 
  of 
  interaction, 
  and 
  this 
  raises 
  several 
  serious 
  diffi- 
  

   culties. 
  For 
  how 
  can 
  the 
  mind 
  act 
  on 
  metabolism 
  or 
  metab- 
  

   olism 
  on 
  the 
  mind 
  ? 
  How 
  can 
  there 
  be 
  interaction 
  between 
  

   two 
  disparate 
  series? 
  As 
  Professor 
  Stout 
  (Manual 
  of 
  Psy- 
  

   chology, 
  Chap. 
  III.) 
  puts 
  it, 
  " 
  When 
  we 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  direct 
  

   connection 
  between 
  a 
  nervous 
  process, 
  and 
  a 
  correlated 
  con- 
  

   scious 
  process, 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  complete 
  solution 
  of 
  continuity. 
  

   The 
  two 
  processes 
  have 
  no 
  common 
  factor. 
  Their 
  connection 
  

   lies 
  entirely 
  outside 
  of 
  our 
  total 
  knowledge 
  of 
  physical 
  na- 
  

   ture 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  hand, 
  and 
  of 
  conscious 
  process 
  on 
  the 
  other." 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  answered 
  that 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  this 
  difficulty 
  is 
  in 
  

   the 
  assumption 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  series 
  are 
  absolutely 
  disparate, 
  

   an 
  assumption 
  which 
  the 
  undeniable 
  correspondence 
  between 
  

   the 
  two 
  series 
  disproves. 
  To 
  positive 
  vitalists 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   particular 
  difficulty, 
  for 
  the 
  non-material 
  psychoid 
  or 
  entele- 
  

   chy 
  which 
  directs 
  brain-processes 
  will 
  be 
  readily 
  susceptible 
  

   to 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  mind 
  ; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  purely 
  verbal 
  

   relief, 
  since 
  it 
  leaves 
  us 
  in 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  the 
  psy- 
  

   choid's 
  or 
  entelechy's 
  capacity 
  of 
  acting 
  on 
  metabolism. 
  We 
  

   have 
  admitted 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  explaining 
  what 
  is 
  meant 
  by 
  

   the 
  " 
  two-aspect 
  theory 
  ' 
  or 
  " 
  the 
  double-faced 
  unity 
  ", 
  but 
  

   we 
  are 
  not 
  sure 
  that 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  interaction 
  is 
  any 
  more 
  

   intelligible. 
  We 
  suggest, 
  however, 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  uphold 
  the 
  

   idea, 
  that 
  the 
  difficulty 
  will 
  appear 
  less 
  if 
  it 
  be 
  recognised 
  

  

  