 Whilst talking I become conscious of a pin on the floor, or of some dust on my sleeve. Without interrupting the conversation I brush away the dust or pick up the pin. I make no express resolve, but the mere perception of the object and the fleeting notion...  A Manual of Psychology - Page 587by George Frederick Stout - 1899 - 643 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William James - 1890 - 726 pages
...that it is no curiosity, but simpl y the normal process stripped of disguise. Whilst talking I become conscious of a pin on the floor, or of some dust on...act seem of themselves to bring the latter about. Similarly, I sit at table after dinner and find myself from time to time taking nuts or raisins out... | |
 | William James - 1892 - 534 pages
...that it is no curiosity, but simply the normal process stripped of disguise. Whilst talking I become conscious of a pin on the floor, or of some dust on...act seem of themselves to bring the latter about. Similarly, I sit at table after dinner and find myself from time to time taking nuts or raisins out... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1894 - 698 pages
...that it is no curiosity, but simply the normal process stripped of disguise. While talking, I become conscious of a pin on the floor, or of some dust on...act, seem of themselves to bring the latter about. Similarly, I sit at table after dinner, and find myself from time to time taking nuts or raisins out... | |
 | William Straton Bruce - 1902 - 400 pages
...The bare idea of a moment's sensible efforts is a sufficient motor-cue. . . . Whilst talking I became conscious of a pin on the floor or of some dust on...the fleeting notion of the act seem of themselves without any fiat to bring the latter about " (James). All the common acts of life, our walking, rising,... | |
 | Edward Lee Thorndike - 1913 - 380 pages
...they may profitably be examined one by one. The first two are as follows: "Whilst talking I become conscious of a pin on the floor, or of some dust on...conversation, I brush away the dust or pick up the pin. . . . the mere perception of the object and the fleeting notion of the act seem of themselves to bring... | |
 | William James - 1915 - 504 pages
...curiosity, but simply the normal process stripped of disguise. Whilst talking I become conscious of a pm on the floor, or of some dust on my sleeve. Without...act seem of themselves to bring the latter about. Similarly, I sit at table after dinner and find myself from time to time taking nuts or raisins out... | |
 | Einar Tegen - 1924 - 434 pages
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 | Cyril Burt - 1925 - 670 pages
...find myself time after time taking nuts or raisins out of the dish. I am hardly aware of what I do. I make no express resolve; but the mere perception...the object, and the fleeting notion of the act, seem fatally to bring the act about." (Principles of Psychology, Vol. II, p. 522.) This might serve as an... | |
 | Mehran Kafafian Thomson - 1927 - 524 pages
...from a cold. James, commenting on this phase of the ideo-motor theory, says: Whilst talking I become conscious of a pin on the floor, or of some dust on...act seem of themselves to bring the latter about. Similarly, I sit at table after dinner and find myself from time to time taking nuts or raisins out... | |
 | 1928 - 1042 pages
...of a pin on the floor, - - -. Without interrupting the conversation I - - - pick up the pin. I mako no express resolve, but the mere perception of the...act seem of themselves to bring the latter about. Thero is certainly no express fiat here; any more than there is in all those habitual goings and comings... | |
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