The unconscious : $b The fundamentals of human personality, normal and abnormalPrince, Morton
Science
The unconscious : $b The fundamentals of human personality, normal and abnormal
Prince, Morton
Psychology, Pathological; Subconsciousness
Our examination of subconscious processes in the two classes of
phenomena thus far studied—post-hypnotic phenomena and artificial
hallucinations—permits the following general conclusions: First, there
is positive evidence to show that in some instances, in their intrinsic
nature, they are coconscious. In other instances, in the absence of such
evidence, it is permissible to regard them as unconscious. Second, that
in the quality of the functions performed they frequently exhibit that
which is characteristic of Intelligence. This characteristic will be
seen to be still more pronounced in the phenomena which we shall next
study.
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Footnote 72:
I forbear to enter into the question of the nature of consciousness
and matter. In the last analysis, matter and mind probably are to be
identified as different manifestations of one and the same
principle—the doctrine of monism—call it psychical, spiritual, or
material, or energy, as you like, according to your fondness for
names. For our purpose it is not necessary to touch this philosophical
problem as we are dealing only with specific biological experiences.
Footnote 73:
Also quite commonly termed the Subconscious. Unfortunately the term
unconscious, as noun or adjective, is used in two senses, viz., (1)
pertaining to unawareness (for example, I am unconscious of such and
such a thing), and (2) in the sense of not having the psychological
attribute of consciousness, i.e., non-conscious.
In the first sense the adjective is used, as in the phrase
“unconscious process” to define a process of which we are unaware
without connotation as to whether it is a psychological process or a
brain process; also the noun (The Unconscious) is used to signify
something not in awareness regardless of whether that something is
psychological or not; on the other hand, as an adjective it is also
used, as in the phrase “unconscious ideas,” to specifically signify
real ideas of which we are unaware.
In the second sense, as noun or adjective, it is used to denote
specifically brain residua or processes, which, of course, are devoid
of consciousness. With this interchange of meaning the term is apt to
be confusing and is lacking in precision. _In the text unconscious
will be used always with the second meaning, unless inverted commas or
the context plainly indicate the first meaning._ (Cf. Lecture VIII,
pp. 248-254).
Footnote 74:
Also termed by some writers _unconscious_. (See preceding footnote.)
Footnote 75:
Pierre Janet: L’automatisme psychologique, Paris, 1889, and numerous
other works.
Footnote 76:
Not included in this volume.
Footnote 77:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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