4 o 4 MIND IN EVOLUTION CHAP. 



functions effect the universal relation is the implicitly 

 operative force. Comparing it in this respect with 

 the previous stage, we see that the concrete relation 

 which was there merely an element in the " process " has 

 here passed over with the content. The underlying 

 identity remains outside. The process of correlation 

 is thus comparable to a Syllogism in which minor premiss 

 and conclusion are avowed, while the major premiss is 

 suppressed. 



In scope, the experiences co-ordinated are those of the 

 concrete objects and events in their relation^ with which the 

 mind comes in contact through perception. The scope of 

 purpose is the adoption of means to practical ends. 



In sphere this co-ordination is limited to ends determined 

 in general character by instinct. In general biological 

 effect, its tendency is to throw instinct back to the outlines 

 or plan of action, and to replace it in detail by individual 

 experience and mutual help and even tradition. 



Under its Ethical Aspect its distinguishing feature is the 

 determination of behaviour by Desire having for its object 

 the experience of others as well as of the Agent. 

 Stage III. Conceptual Thinking and Will. 

 In the last stage, the connection between the perceived 

 relation and the action based on it remained unanalysed. 

 It rests on an element of identical quality and implies a 

 generalisation which are not in that stage made explicit. 

 The steps by which this bond of connection is analysed out 

 as a distinct content of thought lead us to the third stage. 

 The starting point, logically, of this process is the act 

 of analysis which renders distinct the common element in 

 different instances. This analysis, which represents a 

 higher development of articulateness in perception, is 

 conditioned by comparisons which throw the common 

 point into relief by exhibiting it in varying contexts. Such 

 comparisons are rendered possible by the increased scope 

 of experience, and are in turn facilitated by the analytical 

 tendency which they cultivate. Thus through increase 

 in the scope and clearness of intelligence a new kind of 

 correlation grows up, resting on the common characters 

 which run through experience, and their specific differences. 



