2. Language; implies the recognised existence of another mental train than my own, similar to it. Formation and functions of the several classes of single words: of relative words. Construction of the forms of predication. Intellectual state of different tribes and periods, how indicated by their language. Reaction of language on the processes of thought; individual and national effects. Whole 3. Logic; or, trains of thought dependent on Recordation, only incipient logical processes being possible without this. scope of the word Logic. A. Subjective Logic. Canon of correct thinking, exhibiting the Forms of the understanding in reasoning. Terms. Propositions. Syllogism; its fundamental principle; rules; reductions. History and estimate of the Aristotelian logic. B. Objective Logic. Organon of correct thinking; accommodating the procedure of the understanding to the Matter of thought. Comparison of this Division of Logic, with those of Kant, and of Hegel. How far Logic can concern itself with the Matter of thought; or with the empirical and psychological conditions under which it is exercised. a. Psychical or Abstract Matter ; admitting Demonstralive Certainly. Quantitative Conceptions; their precision and similarity in all men. Effect of language. Mathematical Demonstration, or Communication of certainty. Axioms. Definitions. Geometrical Analysis and Synthesis. Language of Algebra. Logic of the modern Calculus. Berkeley's controversy. Whether any a priori principles in Physics. Non-quantitative Conceptions. Their want of precision and uniformity considered; consequent vagueness of language. Possibility of Incommunicable a priori certainty. Notice of attempts at a priori demonstration in non-quantitative subjects. Whether an enumeration of First Truths is possible. b. Empirical Matter; admitting only of Moral Evidence. Physical Knowledge. Historical notice of the Inductive Sciences. Analysis of the Novum Organon. Collection and Classification of instances. Method of exclusions. Analogy and arrangement. Analysis of Phenomena. Synthesis. Verification of Theories. Reduction of physical investigation under Mathematical cognizance. Human Affairs. Principles of probability and expectation. Principles of Testimonial Evidence. II. AFFECTIVE STATES. Exposition of the word Affective: general character of all Affective States. Arrangement of them as they arise. i. From our relations to Matter. Distinctness of these. 1. Sensible pleasures and pains. Connected with the functions of the Organic life; of the Animal life. Taste. Smell. Touch. The Muscles. Hearing. Sight. 2. Emotions arising from these, and directed towards their causes. The Appetites. Anger and Complacency (future; Fear and Hope); directed towards known and positive causes of pain and pleasure; or, diffused in case of unknown or privative causes, as Irritability and Melancholy, or Good-humour and Cheerfulness. Love of Action; original connexion with the muscular system. Sense of Beauty; connexion with the perceptions of sight and hearing. Wonder at the new and unexpected. Primitive blending of Self with Nature, and objective reality of subjective consciousness, previous to selfdisclosure by relation to other Minds. Traces of this state remaining still. ii. From our relations to Mind. Affective self-consciousness. Disentangling of self from Nature. The States and Acts of one's self and of others enter among the mental objects. 1. Emotions towards Non-relative States and Acts. Towards those of the Uncontingent kind, emotions are merely sympathetic. Towards our own states and acts; Love of Pleasure and its opposite, with time modifications: Love of Knowledge: Love of Life. Towards others' states and acts; Love of others' Pleasures; Pity: Admiration of Mental Beauty. Towards Contingent states and acts, emotions are prudential. reference to our own; Consciousness of folly, and its opposite, distinct from Remorse and Self-approval. With reference to others'; Contempt for folly and non-restraint; with its opposite. Theory of MOTIVES. With 2. Emotions towards Relative States and Acts. When these are considered as Non-contingent or Absolute, the Emotions are purely sympathetic. Towards States and Acts of our own relatively to others: Pride and Humility,-feeungs towards a state of superiority and inferiority: Love of Power,-feeling towards possible acts of superiority: Love of Wealth,-feeling towards relative command of desirable objects. Towards States and Acts of others relatively to us: Love of Affection and its opposite; in the past, Gratitude and Resentment: Love of Praise and Glory. When Relative States and Acts are considered as Contingent on the Will, the Emotions in reference to them are Moral. Theory of the WILL. Simple feeling of Ought; whether it admits of analysis. Admixture with the several sympathetic emotions to form the Moral Affections: with Hatred of others' pains, Sense of Justice; with Love of others' pleasures, Benevolence; with Admiration of mental beauty possible in ourselves, Moral Ambition; with Admiration of mental beauty in others, Veneration. 3. Emotions towards Absolute Being. The Divine Idea in its simple form; whether Primitive or Empirical. The Divine Idea systematised: function of the Understanding in this respect. Impersonal Conception of GoD: Pantheistic: Mechanical. Personal Conception of GOD. Conception of Man and his Life. Ideas attached to the Pantheistic theory: to the Mechanical Theory: to the Personal. MANCHESTER NEW COLLEGE. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE, BY THE REV. JOHN KENRICK, M. A. PROFESSOR OF HISTORY. BEING THE FIFTH OF THE SERIES OF INAUGURAL LECTURES DELIVERED BY THE SEVERAL PROFESSORS AT THE OPENING OF THE COLLEGE, IN OCTOBER, 1840. 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