The Mind and the Brain

Alfred Binet (1857 - 1911)

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)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Book 1 The Definition of Matter - Chapter 1 - Introduction J. M. Smallheer
00:08:19
Play 02 Book 1 Chapter 2 - Our Knowledge of External Objects only Sensation J. M. Smallheer
00:21:54
Play 03 Book 1 Chapter 3 - The Mechanical Theories of Matter are only Symbols J. M. Smallheer
00:22:19
Play 04 Book 1 Chapter 4 - Answers to some Objections, and Summary J. M. Smallheer
00:10:16
Play 05 Book 2 - The Defnition of Mind - Chapter 1 - The Distinction between Cognition and its Object Carl Manchester
00:07:09
Play 06 Book 2 Chapter 2 - Definition of Sensation Accent
00:26:19
Play 07 Book 2 Chapter 3 - Definition of the Image Kalynda
00:16:45
Play 08 Book 2 Chapter 4 - Definition of the Emotions Carl Manchester
00:11:59
Play 09 Book 2 Chapter 5 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Relation Subject-Object Anita Roy Dobbs
00:12:33
Play 10 Book 2 Chapter 6- Definition of the Consciousness—Categories of Understanding Anita Roy Dobbs
00:27:55
Play 11 Book 2 Chapter 7 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Separability of the Consciousness from its Object—Discussion of Idealism Anita Roy Dobbs
00:10:06
Play 12 Book 2 Chapter 8 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Separation of the Consciousness from its object—The Unconscious Anita Roy Dobbs
00:13:22
Play 13 Book 2 Chapter 9 - Definitions of Psychology Leon Mire
01:00:48
Play 14 Book 3 - The Union of the Soul and the Body - Chapter 1 - The Mind Has an Incomplete Life Cynthia Zocca
00:20:18
Play 15 Book 3 Chapter 2 - Spiritualism and Idealism Carl Manchester
00:15:58
Play 16 Book 3 Chapter 3 - Materialism and Parallelism J. M. Smallheer
00:32:54
Play 17 Book 3 Chapter 4 - Modern Theories Dale Curwin
00:14:01
Play 18 Book 3 Chapter 5 - Conclusion Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
00:41:43
Play 19 Book 3 Chapter 6 - Recapitulation Gesine
00:35:13