 A first hypothesis now presents itself: the subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self; it is not purely automatic ; it is capable of discernment ; it has tact, delicacy; it knows how to choose, to divine. What do I say? It knows better...  Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society - Page 117by American Mathematical Society - 1916Full view - About this book
 | Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1910 - 702 pages
...first hypothesis now presents itself: the subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self; it is not purely automatic ; it is capable of discernment ; it has tact, delicacy; it knows how to choose, to divine. What do I say? It knows better how to divine than the... | |
 | Henri Poincaré - Mathematics - 1913 - 584 pages
...hypothesis now presents itself : the subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self ; it is not purely automatic ; it is capable of discernment; it has tact, delicacy; it knows how to choose, to divine. What do I say? It knows better how to divine than the... | |
 | Thomas Sharper Knowlson - Genius - 1917 - 334 pages
...conscious. Poincare", in discussing this fact, indulges in two hypotheses. His first hypothesis is that " the subliminal ego is in no way inferior to the conscious...not the subliminal ego superior to the conscious ego ? " 2 There are not two egos in the 1 Psychology and Common Life, pp. 252-253. 2 Science and Method,... | |
 | Floyd Merrell - Postmodernism - 1995 - 398 pages
...Poincare 11952. 39) writes of "the subliminal self that is "in no way inferior to the conscious self; it is not purely automatic; it is capable of discernment: it has tact. delicacy; it knows how to choose. to divine." Poincare's observation echoes Peirce's notion. interspersed... | |
 | Barry Cipra - Mathematics - 1999 - 140 pages
...capable of applying them mechanically? WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE The following, then, presents itself as a first hypothesis. The subliminal ego is in no...the subliminal ego superior to the conscious ego? The importance of this question will be readily understood. In a recent lecture, M. Boutroux showed... | |
 | John W. N. Watkins - Philosophy - 1999 - 374 pages
...normally privy, the subliminal ego. Concerning it he gave, as a 'first hypothesis', the following account: 'The subliminal ego is in no way inferior to the conscious...conscious ego, since it succeeds where the latter fails' (1908, p. 57). Paul Valéry split this "subliminal ego" into two parts, one of which he considered... | |
 | Floyd Merrell - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 388 pages
...(1952 [1905]: 39) wrote of 'the subliminal self that is 'in no way inferior to the conscious self; it is not purely automatic; it is capable of discernment; it has tact, delicacy; it knows how to choose, to divine.' Poincare's observation echoes Peirce's notion, interspersed... | |
 | Margaret A. Boden - Artificial intelligence - 2004 - 368 pages
...first hypothesis now presents itself: the subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self; it is not purely automatic; it is capable of discernment; it has tact, delicacy; it knows how to choose, to divine. What do I say? It knows better how to divine than the... | |
 | Suzanne Gieser - Philosophy - 2005 - 424 pages
...make choices and it can predict. But then Poincaré stops himself and bursts out. 'What am I saying? It can divine better than the conscious ego, since...the subliminal ego superior to the conscious ego? The importance of this question will be readily understood.'954 Poincaré would himself hate to accept... | |
 | Marvin Minsky - Science - 2007 - 400 pages
...details." But how does that subliminal process know when it has found a promising prospect? Poincare 1913: "It is not purely automatic; it is capable of discernment; it has tact, delicacy; it knows how to choose, to divine. What do I say? It knows better how to divine than the... | |
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