Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions Or, an Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to their Physical Causes
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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
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- PART I SKETCHES OF CERTAIN OPINIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN, WHICH HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED ON THE SUBJECT OF APPARITIONS
- PART II THE PARTICULAR MORBID AFFECTIONS WITH WHICH THE PRODUCTION OF PHANTASMS IS OFTEN CONNECTED
- PART III PROOFS THAT THE OBJECTS OF SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS ARE FREQUENTLY SUGGESTED BY THE FANTASTIC IMAGERY OF SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF
- PART IV AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE MENTAL LAWS WHICH GIVE RISE TO SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS
- PART V SLIGHT REMARKS ON THE MODIFICATIONS WHICH THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTY OFTEN UNDERGOES DURING INTENSE EXCITEMENTS OF THE MIND
- PART VI SUMMARY OF THE COMPARATIVE DEGREES OF FAINTNESS, VIVIDNESS, OR INTENSITY SUBSISTING BETWEEN SENSATIONS AND IDEAS, DURING THEIR VARIOUS EXCITEMENTS AND DEPRESSIONS
- NOTES
- Plate section
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I SKETCHES OF CERTAIN OPINIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN, WHICH HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED ON THE SUBJECT OF APPARITIONS
- PART II THE PARTICULAR MORBID AFFECTIONS WITH WHICH THE PRODUCTION OF PHANTASMS IS OFTEN CONNECTED
- PART III PROOFS THAT THE OBJECTS OF SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS ARE FREQUENTLY SUGGESTED BY THE FANTASTIC IMAGERY OF SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEF
- PART IV AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE MENTAL LAWS WHICH GIVE RISE TO SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS
- PART V SLIGHT REMARKS ON THE MODIFICATIONS WHICH THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTY OFTEN UNDERGOES DURING INTENSE EXCITEMENTS OF THE MIND
- PART VI SUMMARY OF THE COMPARATIVE DEGREES OF FAINTNESS, VIVIDNESS, OR INTENSITY SUBSISTING BETWEEN SENSATIONS AND IDEAS, DURING THEIR VARIOUS EXCITEMENTS AND DEPRESSIONS
- NOTES
- Plate section
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- Sketches of the Philosophy of ApparitionsOr, an Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to their Physical CausesPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1825