| 1895 - 580 pages
...the Principles of Psychology, however, we find statements of entirely different import. "My theory is that the bodily changes follow directly the perception...that our feeling of the same changes as they occur is1 the emotion" (n. 449). " If we fancy some strong emotion, and try to abstract from our consciousness... | |
| 1884 - 640 pages
...bodily expression. My thesis on the contrary is that the bodily changes follow directly the PEHCEPTION of the exciting fact, and that our feeling of the...Common sense says, we lose our fortune, are sorry and weep ; we meet a bear, are frightened and run ; we are insulted by a rival, are angry and strike. The... | |
| 1911 - 460 pages
...sensations thus originated which cause, or are, the emotion. This view is summarised by James :— "The bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and our feeling of the same changes, as they occur, is the emotion." The second view agrees as to the nervous... | |
| 1909 - 594 pages
...stimuli. ency ate. to irradi" Bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the emotion. Objects excite bodily changes by a pre-organized mechanism, and these changes are so indefinitely numerous... | |
| George Trumbull Ladd - 1887 - 728 pages
...breathing, and a placid face ? " In view of the foregoing facts, Professor James propounds the thesis, that the " bodily changes follow directly the perception...of the same changes as they occur is the emotion." * To neglect, however, that element of feeling in every emotion which is immediately attached to certain... | |
| George Trumbull Ladd - 1887 - 724 pages
...breathing, and a placid face ? " In view of the foregoing facts, Professor James propounds the thesis, that the " bodily changes follow directly the perception...of the same changes as they occur is the emotion." ' To neglect, however, that element of feeling in every emotion which is immediately attached to certain... | |
| George Trumbull Ladd - 1887 - 724 pages
...breathing, and a placid face ? " In view ^ of the foregoing facts, Professor James propounds the thesis, that / the " bodily changes follow directly the perception...our feeling of the same changes as they occur is the I emotion."' / To neglect, however, that element of feeling in every emotion which is immediately attached... | |
| William James - 1908 - 722 pages
...and that this latter state of 'mind givea rise to the bodily expression. My theory, on the contrary, is that the bodily changes follow directly the perception of the exciting fact, and that our feeling of íhe same changes as they occur is the emotion. Common-sense says, we lose our fortune, are sorry and... | |
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