Excerpt from Conscious Attitudes<br><br>It is clear that to attempt a definition of 'conscious attitude' at the present time, would be premature. We use the phrase to denote certain large and comprehensive experiences, not evidently imaginal in character; and it is our aim, in this study, to bring these experiences to the test of introspective observation, and thus to discover whether or not they are analysable. Whatever be the outcome of the discussion of 'imageless thought,' it is probable that the name 'conscious attitude' will be retained as a descriptive term; but how the attitudes are to be distinguished, analytically, from 'thoughts' on the one hand, and 'emotions' on the other, must be left for the future to decide.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.