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  psychophysics 
  the 
  key 
  of 
  physics, 
  etc. 
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  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  non-nervous 
  portion 
  of 
  my 
  organism 
  as 
  you 
  conceive 
  

   it, 
  and, 
  furthermore, 
  the 
  significance 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  of 
  physical 
  stimuli 
  

   and 
  objects 
  which 
  surround 
  it. 
  The 
  intra-organic 
  stages 
  of 
  response 
  

   are 
  merely 
  certain 
  links 
  in 
  a 
  continuous 
  chain 
  of 
  influences 
  which 
  

   flow 
  into 
  the 
  organism 
  at 
  the 
  sense 
  organs 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  effectors, 
  

   and 
  the 
  nerv^ous 
  mechanisms 
  of 
  the 
  organism 
  differ 
  only 
  quantitatively 
  

   from 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  tissues. 
  The 
  continuity 
  of 
  physical 
  nature 
  com- 
  

   mands 
  that 
  you 
  expand 
  your 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  psychical 
  universe 
  

   into 
  a 
  structure 
  which 
  corresponds 
  point 
  for 
  point 
  not 
  only 
  with 
  the 
  

   parts 
  of 
  my 
  nervous 
  system 
  but 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  constituents 
  of 
  my 
  organ- 
  

   ism 
  and 
  of 
  my 
  environment 
  ; 
  indeed, 
  with 
  the 
  totality 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  

   universe 
  as 
  conceived 
  by 
  the 
  most 
  comprehensive 
  physical 
  mind. 
  

   You 
  are 
  thus 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  conception 
  of 
  a 
  complete 
  universe 
  of 
  objective 
  

   consciousness, 
  the 
  formal 
  structure 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  substantially 
  identical 
  

   with 
  that 
  described 
  by 
  the 
  physical 
  sciences 
  of 
  biology, 
  geology 
  

   and 
  astronomy, 
  but 
  the 
  substance 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  what 
  the 
  

   psychologist 
  finds 
  in 
  immediate 
  experience. 
  The 
  processes 
  of 
  this 
  

   great 
  psychical 
  world, 
  being 
  — 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  system 
  — 
  

   mainly 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  different 
  structures, 
  must 
  also 
  be 
  formally 
  iden- 
  

   tical 
  with 
  those 
  which 
  the 
  physical 
  scientist 
  describes. 
  This 
  inference 
  

   from 
  the 
  general 
  homogeneity 
  and 
  continuity 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  system 
  

   which 
  embraces 
  my 
  brain 
  mechanism, 
  therefore 
  leads 
  you 
  to 
  a 
  rational 
  

   and 
  meaningful 
  interpretation 
  of 
  your 
  entire 
  physical 
  hypothesis. 
  

   It 
  is 
  this 
  psychical 
  universe 
  at 
  large, 
  in 
  which 
  my 
  consciousness 
  and 
  

   also 
  your 
  own 
  are 
  small 
  but 
  integral 
  parts, 
  which 
  constitutes 
  the 
  real 
  

   objective 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  relativity 
  C. 
  G. 
  S. 
  electro-magnetic 
  schema 
  

   in 
  general 
  physics. 
  

  

  Certain 
  apparent 
  difficulties 
  which 
  arise 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  

   doctrine 
  can 
  readily 
  be 
  shown 
  to 
  be 
  specious. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  there 
  

   is 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  conceiving 
  consciousness 
  or 
  the 
  psychical 
  as 
  a 
  self- 
  

   existent 
  substance 
  which 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  forming 
  definite 
  structures. 
  

   This 
  difficulty 
  arises 
  from 
  an 
  adherence 
  to 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  consciousness 
  

   as 
  a 
  relation 
  between 
  a 
  self 
  or 
  ego 
  and 
  an 
  object, 
  whereas 
  modern 
  

   introspective 
  psychology 
  quite 
  rejects 
  this 
  conception, 
  along 
  with 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  ego, 
  and 
  identifies 
  consciousness 
  with 
  the 
  mosaic 
  of 
  sensory 
  

   and 
  other 
  qualities 
  which 
  were 
  regarded 
  as 
  contents 
  or 
  objects 
  of 
  

   consciousness 
  in 
  the 
  older, 
  relational 
  theory. 
  Consciousness, 
  for 
  the 
  

   modern 
  psychologist, 
  is 
  essentially 
  a 
  mosaic 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  analyzed 
  

   into 
  elementary 
  qualities 
  and 
  their 
  interrelations, 
  so 
  that 
  pure 
  intro- 
  

  

  