Stephen, right on the money! I just verified the quote. How embarrasing for
me, though I remember saying that I had only 'briefly scanned' the chapter on
'Sensation' as I was pressured to finish grading at the time of the request.
And it was right in front of my nose all along ... Ay caramba! :(
Miguel
At 10:12 AM 5/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
>"In my 1893 edition of _Psychology_ (not to be confused with _The
>Principles of Psychology_), William James wrote:
>
>"If, for instance, we could splice the outer extremity of our
>optic nerves to our ears and that of our auditory nerves to our
>eyes, we should see the lightning and hear the thunder, see the
>symphony and hear the conductor's movements. Such hypotheses as
>these form a good training for neophytes in the idealistic
>philosophy!" (p. 12).
>
>Although this appears in a section in which "specific energies"
>(James placed the phrase in shudder quotes) forms part of the
>title, Johannes Muller is not mentioned nor does his name appear
>in the index."
