That is to say, they believe that every psychical event has a psychical cause and a physical concomitant.
He points out, very truly, that the same stimulus, repeated, does not have the same consequences, and he argues that this is contrary to the maxim, "same cause, same effect." It is only necessary, however, to take account of past occurrences and include them with the cause, in order to re-establish the maxim, and the possibility of psychological causal laws.
There is therefore no a priori objection to a causal law in which part of the cause has ceased to exist.
1921; "Die mnemischen Empfindungen," Leipzig, l909), we will give the name of "mnemic phenomena" to those responses of an organism which, so far as hitherto observed facts are concerned, can only be brought under causal laws by including past occurrences in the history of the organism as part of the causes of the present response.
If there are to be purely psychological causal laws, taking no account of the brain and the rest of the body, they will have to be of the form, not "X now causes Y now," but--
The Analysis of Mind
But not only fewer just
causes of war will be given by the national government, but it will also be more in their power to accommodate and settle them amicably.
Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay
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What are the causes of loose stools?
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cause encephalopathic reaction to the vaccine.
A review of vaccines used currently as noted by their makers, and some of their side effects
Cause marketing is sometimes assumed to be corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Cause Marketing
In study after study, African Americans have proved to be generous givers--usually donating a higher proportion of our discretionary income to charitable
causes than whites.
'Tis better to give--strategically
In June, Reid pointed to global warming as the
cause of the conflict.
Global warming too hot or not? The theory of global warming proposes that man's activities are causing the Earth to heat up, but there is compelling scientific evidence that does not support this conclusion
Independent
Cause of Action: A little over two years ago, the New York Court of Appeals in MetLife Auto & Home v.
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Then water gets behind them, cools the die, and can
cause freeze-off.
Stop die-hole freeze-off