ORGANIC MOVEMENTS 



into a, b, 7, d, e, f, g, h, i, and the effect may be transformed 

 from a v b v c v d v e v f v g v h r \ into m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t. 



And secondly, change the stimulus from a, b, c, d, e, f, 

 g, h, i into a, /3, 7, &, e, f, tj, 6, L, K, and the effect may remain 



a 



v 



b v G V d^ e v f^, g^, h^ i r in spite of that change. 



There can hardly be a clearer expression of the fact that 

 it is the totality in its specificity, both of the stimulus and 

 of the effect, that comes into account in acting, and nothing 

 else. But what is the meaning of this totality ? 



Here we have used the word that embraces our problem, 

 almost unwillingly ; we may say, that it came upon us 

 unawares : the word " meaning." The totalities of stimulus 

 and effect have a " meaning," and their meanings do not at 

 all depend on one another piece by piece. 



We meet a psychological term here, though we know 

 that we are not allowed to enter the field of psychology : at 

 any rate we have found something very strange. 



8. A NEW PROOF OF THE AUTONOMY OF LIFE 



Preliminary Remarks 



We now ask the important question : Is there anything 

 like this in inorganic nature ? If not, one of our principles 

 concerned in acting, the principle of the individuality of 

 correspondence, would form a new and independent proof of 

 the autonomy of the phenomena of life, of vitalism. 



Is it possible to imagine a machine, or rather, to con- 

 ceive the brain as a machine, the reactions of which, being 

 individualised combinations of a high degree of complexity, 

 change correspondingly with any sort of a stimulus which 



