The Mind and the Brain
by Alfred Binet · Free audiobook · 19 chapters
Librivox recording of The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet, F. Legge, editor. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. “This book is a prolonged effort to establish a distinction between what is called mind and what is called matter. Nothing is more simple than to realise this distinction when you do not go deeply into it; nothing is more difficult when you analyse it a little. At first sight, it seems impossible to confuse things so far apart as a thought and a block of stone; but on reflection this great contrast vanishes, and other differences have to be sought which are less apparent and of which one has not hitherto dreamed.” (from The Mind and the Brain) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org . Download M4B (187MB)
Chapters
- 1. 01 - The Definition of Matter, Introduction8:19
- 2. 02 - The Definition of Matter, Our Knowledge of External Objects only Sensation21:54
- 3. 03 - The Definition of Matter, The Mechanical Theories of Matter are only Symbols22:19
- 4. 04 - The Definition of Matter, Answers to some Objections, and Summary10:16
- 5. 05 - The Definition of Mind, The Distinction Between Cognition and It's Object7:09
- 6. 06 - The Definition of Mind, Definition of Sensation26:19
- 7. 07 - Book 2 Chapter 3 - Definition of the Image16:45
- 8. 08 - The Definition of Mind, Definition of the Emotions11:59
- 9. 09 - Definition of the Consciousness - The Relation Subject-Object12:33
- 10. 10 - Definition of the Consciousness - Categories of the Understanding27:55
- 11. 11 - Definition of the Consciousness - The Separability of the Consciousness from its Object - Discussion of Idealism10:06
- 12. 12 - Definition of the Consciousness - The Separation of the Consciousness from its object - The Unconscious13:22
- 13. 13 - The Definition of Mind, Definitions of Psychology1:00:48
- 14. 14 - The Union of the Soul and the Body, The Mind Has an Incomplete Life20:18
- 15. 15 - The Union of the Soul and the Body, Spiritualism and Idealism15:58
- 16. 16 - The Union of the Soul and the Body, Materialism and Parallelism32:54
- 17. 17 - The Union of the Soul and the Body, Modern Theories14:01
- 18. 18 - The Union of the Soul and the Body, Conclusion41:43
- 19. 19 - The Union of the Soul and the Body, Recapitulation35:13