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 . . .413 



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. Tnappropriateness and pernicious effect of the term Ne- 



cessity ....... 420 



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



pain . . . . . . 424 



CHAPTER, III. That there is, or may le, 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 . * . . . . . . 429 



CHAPTER IY. Of the Laws of Mind. 



1. What is meant by Laws of Mind . . . .432 



2. Is there a science of Psychology ? . . . . 433 



3. The principal investigations of Psychology characterized . 435 



4. Eelation of mental facts to physical conditions . . 440 



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

 Character. 



1. The Empirical Laws of Human Nature . . . 445 



2. f are merely approximate generalizations. The universal 



laws are thosse of the formation of character . . 447 



