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sciousness than any lateral element. Perhaps, indeed, I ought 
to say that centrality is mere focality in the perspective view* 
The expressions central and lateral I prefer, however, as avoid¬ 
ing the necessity of indicating the particular moment or mental 
act in which focality or marginality shall he reckoned. 
As has been intimated, thoughts with a simultaneous factor 
form together a continuous larger mental whole, or what in 
view of its extension might be figuratively called a mental land¬ 
scape. blow it is in mental picturing on such a scale that, most 
of all, perspective values are appreciated. In particular, com¬ 
pared with the judgment pure and simple, associated elements 
appear less heartily intended. For instance, in “I want the book 
on the table,” what is expressed by the last three words, being 
thought of solely to identify the intended book, is obviously 
a means to an end and ipso facto secondary in expressional pur¬ 
pose to the end itself (i. e., your knowing that I want the book). 
Again, in “Braving the heat, the farmers loaded the wagons,” 
while the meaning of the first three words is not a means to an 
end, and might be ranked as self-sufficient, and also might be as¬ 
serted, nevertheless, by the illustration, it is mentally posed as 
incidental, as a mere conception—lateral. Otherwise the ex¬ 
pression would be “The farmers braved the heat. They loaded 
the wagons,” or “Loading the wagons, the farmers braved the 
heat.” 
Accordingly, with further argument in view, I postulate that 
when a mental total consists of more than a minimal judgment, 
the judgment will be central and other elements lateral. 
CENTRAL THOUGHT. 
To avoid a possible misunderstanding, I must at this point 
be more careful in the use of words than when discussing 
thought-connectives. These were said to incorporate a preced¬ 
ing thought in a following thought (thus, in “Brown invited 
me. Therefore, I came,” it was claimed that “Therefore” 
means “on account of Brown’s inviting me”) ; and as every 
thought contains no smaller number of factors than three (thus 
the thought expressed by “A equals B” is no longer a thought, 
