Mind and the Brain
Alfred Binet
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Length 6 h 50 min
Chapters 19
First published 1907
The authorized translation of L’âme et le corps, F. Legge, editor
“This book is a prolonged effort to establish a distinction between what is called mind and what is called matter. Nothing is more simple than to realise this distinction when you do not go deeply into it; nothing is more difficult when you analyse it a little. At first sight, it seems impossible to confuse things so far apart as a thought and a block of stone; but on reflection this great contrast vanishes, and other differences have to be sought which are less apparent and of which one has not hitherto dreamed.” (from The Mind and the Brain)
Chapters
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Book 1 The Definition of Matter - Chapter 1 - Introduction Read by J. M. Smallheer 8:19
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Book 1 Chapter 2 - Our Knowledge of External Objects only Sensation Read by J. M. Smallheer 21:54
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Book 1 Chapter 3 - The Mechanical Theories of Matter are only Symbols Read by J. M. Smallheer 22:19
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Book 1 Chapter 4 - Answers to some Objections, and Summary Read by J. M. Smallheer 10:16
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Book 2 - The Defnition of Mind - Chapter 1 - The Distinction between Cognition and its Object Read by Carl Manchester 7:09
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Book 2 Chapter 2 - Definition of Sensation Read by Accent 26:19
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Book 2 Chapter 3 - Definition of the Image Read by Kalynda 16:45
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Book 2 Chapter 4 - Definition of the Emotions Read by Carl Manchester 11:59
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Book 2 Chapter 5 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Relation Subject-Object Read by Anita Roy Dobbs 12:33
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Book 2 Chapter 6- Definition of the Consciousness—Categories of Understanding Read by Anita Roy Dobbs 27:55
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Book 2 Chapter 7 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Separability of the Consciousness from its Object—Discussion of Idealism Read by Anita Roy Dobbs 10:06
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Book 2 Chapter 8 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Separation of the Consciousness from its object—The Unconscious Read by Anita Roy Dobbs 13:22
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Book 2 Chapter 9 - Definitions of Psychology Read by Leon Mire 1:00:48
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Book 3 - The Union of the Soul and the Body - Chapter 1 - The Mind Has an Incomplete Life Read by Cynthia Zocca 20:18
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Book 3 Chapter 2 - Spiritualism and Idealism Read by Carl Manchester 15:58
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Book 3 Chapter 3 - Materialism and Parallelism Read by J. M. Smallheer 32:54
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Book 3 Chapter 4 - Modern Theories Read by Dale Curwin 14:01
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Book 3 Chapter 5 - Conclusion Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 41:43
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Book 3 Chapter 6 - Recapitulation Read by Gesine 35:13
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