 An instinct," says Dr. Whately,* "is a blind tendency to some mode of action independent of any consideration on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads.  Proceedings - Seite 41von Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) - 1887Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Paul Ansel Chadbourne - 1872 - 320 Seiten
...convenience, nearly in the sense given by Whately as a blind tendency to some mode of action independant of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. This is as good a definition as any that has been given, but it does not cover the whole ground of... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1873 - 672 Seiten
...without any conception of what we do." l Dr. Whately also says : " An instinct is a blind tendency to a mode of action independent of any consideration on...the agent, of the end to which the action leads." Paley defines it to be " a propensity prior to experience and independent of instruction." 2 The argument... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 Seiten
...existence; he, in wilful neglect of the laws of God, loses sight of the end of his. SOUTHEY. An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent...of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. WHATELY. INTELLECT. God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this... | |
 | American Association on Mental Deficiency - 1877 - 1178 Seiten
...at any period, that it would leave the brain in that undeveloped condition demanded by the theory. to some mode of action independent of any consideration...of the agent of the end to which the action leads." There are two classes of actions which in the inferior animals have been referred to instinct as their... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1878 - 1082 Seiten
...propensity prior to experience and independent of instruction." "An instinct," says Dr. Whately,* "is a blind tendency to some mode of action independent...the agent, of the end to which the action leads." There are two classes of actions, which, in the inferior animals, have been referred to instinct as... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 Seiten
...existence; he, in wilful neglect of the laws of God, loses sight of the end of his. SOUTHEY. An instinct is is 1 were unhappy; for my awaked judgment discontents...am from my friend ; but my friendly dreams in the WHATEI.Y. INTELLECT. God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on... | |
 | Charles Porterfield Krauth - 1881 - 1080 Seiten
...propensity prior to experience and independent of instruction." "An instinct," says Dr. Whately, 6 "is a blind tendency to some mode of action independent...the agent, of the end to which the action leads." There are two classes of actions, which, in the inferior animals, have been referred to instinct as... | |
 | Daniel Putnam - 1889 - 342 Seiten
...This does not distinguish instinct from random and undirected impulse. Whately says : " Instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent...consideration on the part of the agent, of the end tu which the action leads." This can not be accepted by one who believes the animal to have some notion... | |
 | William Fleming - 1890 - 458 Seiten
...propensity prior to experience and independent of instruction" (Paley's Natural Theology, ch. xviii.). "A blind tendency to some mode of action independent...of the agent, of the end to which the action leads " (Whately, Tract on Instinct), Recent discoveries as to (1) the large development of the lobes of... | |
 | 1891 - 556 Seiten
...prior to experience and independent of instruction. Paley. An instinct is a blind tendency to some modo of action, independent of any consideration on the...of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. Whateley. An instinct is an agent which performs biiii'lly ana ignorantly a work of intelligence and... | |
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