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- Publisher
- A C McClurg & Co
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1895 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 225 –238
- DOI
- 10.1037/13739-014
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Abstract
In this continued discussion of whether man has a soul, the author notes that it must be now provisionally assumed that the subjective mind is endowed with powers and circumscribed by limitations that clearly differentiate it from the objective mind. After recapitulating the main points of this argument, the author submits that the facts which differentiate the two minds constitutes prima facie evidence that they belong to two distinct entities. The onus probandi, therefore, rests with those who hold the materialistic hypothesis, that man is a soulless being, possessing no attributes or powers that cannot be accounted for by reference to cerebral anatomy and physiology. The author also shows that there is no way of rationally accounting for the facts other than to predicate the actual existence in mankind of an entity which, in the vocabulary of spiritual philosophy, is denominated the soul. In making his case, the author considers the following topics: the law of suggestion; mediumistic development; passion for music and music as the language of the emotions; subjective vs objective music; dual-mind theory; and absurdities involved in the single-mind theory. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: Jan 9, 2012
Keywords: objective mind; subjective mind; dualism; soul; materialism; spiritual philosophy; suggestion; music; emotions; dual-mind theory; single-mind theory