An exposition of the fallacies of the materialistic theory of physiological psychology / by J.M. Winn.

  • Winn, James M. (James Michell), 1808-1900
Date:
1894
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Credit: An exposition of the fallacies of the materialistic theory of physiological psychology / by J.M. Winn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    explain the nature of either. They are true, although inexplicable mysteries.* That mind is connected in a mysterious manner with our organization no one can disbelieve, but we defy the modern physiologists to explain the connection. They speak as confidently of these speculative opinions as if they were acknowledged facts and recognized truths, and as if recent researches had thrown a flood of light on the functions of the brain and spinal cord. I again challenge them, as I have done before, to show that any one really great fact as regards the nervous system has been elicited since the discoveries of Sir Charles Bell and Dr. Marshall Hall. The nerve fibres of sensation and motion have been traced a little further towards the centre of the brain, but we are as ignorant as ever of the properties of the caudate cells of the cerebral convolutions; we can only surmise that it is through them that the mind perceives sensations and that the will is exercised. The human mind is an entity, not a wow-entity as the materialists endeavour to make us believe. It is a * Mr. J. A. Froude made some pertinent remarks on the mystery of life in a letter which he wrote to me in 1879. He said—“ Life, whether physical or moral, is much beyond the reach of scientific investigation. I hope a time is not distant when th4jf will be frankly acknowledged and the mystery of both will again impress us as it used to do.”
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