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The evolution of general ideas

Chapter 1: THE EVOLUTION OF GENERAL IDEAS
By Th. Ribot
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The author traces how abstraction and generalization arise from perception and develop through three main stages: pre-linguistic operations observable in animals, children, and deaf-mutes; an intermediate phase in which words progressively accompany and transform thought; and a superior stage where linguistic symbols alone support complex conceptual systems. Abstraction is presented as an attention-driven strengthening of some aspects of experience while others are attenuated. The study analyzes generic images, numerical perception, analogical reasoning, the origin and formation of speech and grammatical categories, and the comparative role of gestures and phonetic language in the ascending evolution of symbolic thought.

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Title: The evolution of general ideas

Author: Th. Ribot

Translator: Frances A. Welby

Release date: June 4, 2023 [eBook #70911]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1899

Credits: MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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THE EVOLUTION
OF
GENERAL IDEAS

BY
TH. RIBOT
PROFESSOR IN THE COLLÈGE DE FRANCE

AUTHORISED TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH
BY
FRANCES A. WELBY

CHICAGO
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.
1899

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1899

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