Abstract

This amazing book treats of such diverse topics as verbal analysis, free will, taxation and military service. Its chief concern is to demonstrate the author's conviction that there is "some fundamental ineptness in the way that all of us handle our minds," especially in the sphere of human relations. While the insights which Bridgman wishes to communicate are arresting, one hardly knows whether they are ridiculous or sublime, as, e.g. when he proposes techniques for making consciousness public. On the whole, imagination and information in this book are inversely proportional. The chapter, "On the Fringes of Psychology" convincingly argues against the behaviorists and for the method of introspection.--J. E. M.