... really expressed what I believed everybody supposed them to mean. They had no more notion of its true nature than a colourblind man, who has not discerned his defect, has of the nature of colour. They had a mental deficiency of which they were unaware,... Inquiries into human faculty and its development - Seite 81von Sir Francis Galton - 1883 - 387 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1884 - 676 Seiten
...of any such thing, and regarded inquiries into it as fantastic. They had no more notion of its trne nature than a colour-blind man, who has not discerned...naturally enough supposed that those who affirmed they themselves possessed it, were romancing (p. 85). In general society, however, Mr. Galton found a very... | |
| 1892 - 960 Seiten
...color-hlind man who has not discerned his defect has of the nature of color. ... To illustrate this mental attitude, it will be sufficient to quote a...to some sort of a proposition regarding the "mind's eyes," and the "image" which it sees. This points to some initial fallacy. . . . It is only by a figure... | |
| William Mitchell - 1907 - 570 Seiten
...to whom I first applied protested that mental imagery was unknown to them. . . . They had a natural deficiency of which they were unaware, and naturally...those who affirmed they possessed it were romancing. . . . Much the same result followed inquiries made for me by a friend among members of the French Institute.... | |
| Robert Mearns Yerkes - 1911 - 460 Seiten
...its true nature than a color-blind man, who has not discerned his defect, has of the nature of color. They had a mental deficiency of which they were unaware,...those who affirmed they possessed it were romancing." Our individual characteristics of memory. — The attitude of these scientists concerning mental imagery... | |
| Warren Hilton - 1914 - 100 Seiten
...nature than a color-blind man, who has not discerned his defect, has of the nature of color.«They had a mental deficiency of which they were unaware...those who affirmed they possessed it were romancing." The investigations of Dr. Galton investigations were continued by Professor James, of r° Harvard University.... | |
| Warren Hilton - 1920 - 100 Seiten
...its true nature than a color-blind man, who has not discerned his defect, has of the nature of color. They had a mental deficiency of which they were unaware...those who affirmed they possessed it were romancing." The investigations of Dr. Gaiton were continued by Professor James, of of Professor Harvard University.... | |
| 1921 - 840 Seiten
...writes of those men of science to whom visual imagery was unknown : They had no more notion of its nature than a colour-blind man, who has not discerned...supposed that those who affirmed they possessed it, were romancing1. This attitude is often very strikingly shown (though its results and implications are,... | |
| 1922 - 442 Seiten
...writes of those men of science to whom visual imagery was unknown : They had no more notion of its nature than a colour-blind man, who has not discerned...supposed that those who affirmed they possessed it, were romancing1. This attitude is often very strikingly shown (though its results and implications are,... | |
| Russell Meares - 2000 - 216 Seiten
...questions about the illumination, definition, and colouring of this scene. He was amazed by the results. To my astonishment, I found that the great majority...supposed that those who affirmed they possessed it, were romancing.4'5 Galton found 'an entirely different disposition to prevail' when speaking to those he... | |
| David Berman - 2005 - 246 Seiten
...power. As Galton puts it, he was one of those men who 'had a deficiency of which [he] was [previously] unaware, and naturally enough supposed that those who affirmed they possessed it, were romancing.' (p. 59). From Herschel's responses to the questionnaire, it seems that he did not even have the sort... | |
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