ANALYSIS 



CHAPTER I 



MIND AS A FACTOR IN EVOLUTION 



I. The normal tendency of evolution is not towards a higher, but (2) a 

 divergent type. 3. In the resulting diversity old types survive, and 

 there is deterioration as well as improvement. 4. Within these 

 divergencies there is one line of true development. This is the 

 evolution of Mind. 5. The generic function of Mind is to organise 

 Life by correlating its parts. 6. Its growth consists in the widening 

 scope and increasing articulateness of correlation, (7) with which 

 it replaces that organisation of life which rests on heredity. To 

 trace this growth in outline is the object of this work. 



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CHAPTER II 



MIND AND MECHANISM 



I. Two generic types of correlation, (2) of which one is logically attri- 

 buted to Mind. 3. Reserve necessary in attributing specific mental 

 functions, especially in interpreting animal behaviour. 4. Conation 

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CHAPTER III 



ORGANIC ADAPTABILITY AND THE VITAL PROCESSES 



Without deciding the question whether organic processes are to 

 be explained by mechanical laws we may characterise organic 

 activity in general terms, (2) as that which tends to keep the 



