CONTENTS. Xlll 



BOOK VI. 



ON THE LOGIC OF THE MORAL SCIENCES. 

 CHAPTER I. Introductory Remarks. 



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1. The backward state of the Moral Sciences can only be re 

 medied by applying to them the methods of Physical 



Science, duly extended and generalized . . . 41 3 



2. How far this can be attempted in. the present work . 415 



CHAPTER II. Of Liberty and Necessity. 



1. Are human actions subject to the law of causality? . 417 



2. The doctrine commonly called Philosophical Necessity, in 



what sense true . . . .418 



3. Inappropriateness and pernicious effect of the term Ne 



cessity ...... 



4. A motive not always the anticipation of a pleasure or a 



pain . 424 



CHAPTER III. That there is, or may be, a Science of 

 Human Nature. 



1. There may be sciences which are not exact sciences . . 426 

 2. To what scientific type the Science of Human Nature cor 

 responds . 



CHAPTER IV. Of the Laws of Mind. 



1. What is meant by Laws of Mind . 



2. Is there a science of Psychology ? . 



3. The principal investigations of Psychology characterized . 435 



4. Eelation of mental facts to physical conditions . 



CHAPTER V. Of Ethology, or the Science of the Formation of 

 Character. 



1. The Empirical Laws of Human Nature . 



2. are merely approximate generalizations. The universal 

 laws are those of the formation of character 



