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INDEX 



R 



Rats, Mr. Small's, 184, 200, 221, 229, 



235 241 



Reality, nature of, 443, 444 

 Reason, its function in life, 7, 8 



, , do animals ? 347 



,, does man? 348 



,, as a harmonising impulse, 365 

 Reasoning, emergence of conceptual, 



349 



Rtaumur, R. A. F. de, 82 

 Recognition, 131 

 Redintegration, Law of, 148 

 Rees, Mr. A. M., 122 

 Reflex Action, as mechanical, 42-47 

 ,, ,, modification of, 47, 48 



,, ,, as determined by struc- 



ture, 45 



,, ,, as distinct from purpos- 



ive action, 45 



,, ,, in development, 51 



,, ,, compound, 74-78 



,, ,, "mechanical" sequence 



of, 76 



,, ,, imperfect at birth, im- 



proved by practice, 51- 



53 

 Regeneration among worms, 416 



,, ,, salamanders, 416 



Religion, evolution of, 346 



,, of Buddha, Christ, and Ma- 



hornet, 385 

 Reptiles, retrogressive assimilation 



among, 126 



,, capacity for training, 138 

 ,, treatment of young by, 313 

 Resolve, development of, 351 

 Revival, Law of, 148-151 

 Rhizopods, simple organisms, 4 

 ,, reflex action among, 42 

 ,, organisation of, 414 

 Romanes, Dr. G. J., 68, 69, 77, 82, 

 83, 84, 86, 136, 139, 240, 

 271, 274, 277, 287, 288, 

 289, 301, 308, 309, 311, 

 3I3 326 

 Miss, 238, 271, 274, 277, 



288, 289 

 Roubaud, E., 73 

 Roux, W., 28 



Salamanders, regeneration among, 416 

 Schaeffer, Mr. A. A., 122, 123, 142 

 Schmidt, Dr. Oscar, 80 

 Schneider, G. H., 69, 77, 80, 86, 87, 



95, 112, 135, 139, 140, 267, 308, 



309, 310, 312, 313, 343 



Science, evolution of, 346 



,, contrasted with common sense, 

 367, 368 



,, character of, 366 

 Scope of inquiry, 6-8 

 Self, conception of the, 338 

 Self-assertion, 375 

 Self-conscious development, Ch. XIX, 



373 



Self-consciousness, 340, 374 

 Self-interest, 340 

 Self-knowledge, 339 

 Self-maintenance, 375 

 Selves, conception of other, 341 

 Sensori-motor action, 60 et seq., 89, 



1 02 



"Sentinels" used by birds and mam- 

 mals, 309, 344, 352 

 Shaler, N. S., 257, 264 

 Shepard and Breed, Messrs., 51, 156 

 Shepherd, W. T., 284, 305 

 Sherrington, Dr., 41 

 Small, W. S., 182, 184, 200, 221, 235, 



241, 278 



Smith, G. W., 155 

 Snail, failing to learn, 140 

 Snakes : 



Cobra and toad, 89 

 Watersnakes and retrogressive assim- 

 ilation, 126 

 Social life, efficiency of, 423 



,, principle, the, 376 et seq. 

 Society, mechanical and organic view 



of, 414 

 Spencer, Herbert, 3, 74, 415, 422, 



429 



Spiders, web-making among, 68 

 ,, adaptation among, 83 

 ,, effects of experience as, 86, 



117 



Squirrel, burying nut, 77 

 St. John, C., 309, 310 

 Stags and fence, 311 

 Stimulus and response, 40-44, 88, 118- 



121 



Stoic doctrine, 384 

 Stone, Mr., 264 

 Stout, Prof. G. F., 107, 112, 121, 132, 



152, 235 

 Suggestion, use of in experiments, 



188 

 Sutherland, Alex., 5, 312, 313, 421, 



425, 427, 433 

 Swijt, Mr. E.J., 156 

 Sympathy among higher animals, 310, 



3*5 



,, development of, 378, 406 

 Synthesis of reality as a whole, 371 

 System, as general character of 



Science, 366 

 System, rational, 407 



