...experience furnishes, viz., by the difference in behavior between the physical and the psychical. " Mental knives may be sharp, but they won't cut real...but their points won't wound. With ' real ' objects, on the contrary, consequences always accrue ; and thus the real experiences get sifted from the mental...

...experience furnishes, viz., by the difference in behavior between the physical and the psychical. " Mental knives may be sharp, but they won't cut real...but their points won't wound. With ' real ' objects, on the contrary, consequences always accrue ; and thus the real experiences get sifted from the mental...

...also "mental activity trains," in which thoughU do "work on each other." Cf. below, p. 184, note. ED.] for all such facts by calling this whole train of...but their points won't wound. With 'real' objects, on the contrary, consequences always accrue; and thus the real experiences get sifted from the mental...

...the fact that the imagined fire and water are not causally operative like the "real" fire and water. "Mental fire is what won't burn real sticks; mental...knives may be sharp, but they won't cut real wood" (p. 33). "The central point of the pure-experience theory is that 'outer' and 'inner' are names for...

...that will always put out fires . . . Menttl fire is what won't burn real sticks ; mental water is wha' won't necessarily (though of course it may) put out...even a mental fire. Mental knives may be sharp, but thev won't cut real wood . . ."In short, James himself strongly contrasts the two sets of experiences....

...I please. I call up water, and pour it on the fire, and absolutely no difference ensues. I account for all such facts by calling this whole train of...but their points won't wound. With ' real ' objects, on the contrary, consequences always accrue ..." (Essays in Radical Empiricism, pp. 32-33.) As Professor...

...I please. I call up water, and pour it on the fire, and absolutely no difference ensues. I account for all such facts by calling this whole train of...unreal, a mental train. Mental fire is what won't burn re;il sticks; mental water is what won't necessarily (though of course it may) put out even a mental...

...to the latter. Real fires will always burn, real water always quench a real fire, and so on, whereas "mental fire is what won't burn real sticks ; mental...(though of course it may) put out even a mental fire." 4 In general, " 'outer' and 'inner' are names for two groups into which we sort experiences according...

...the fact that the imagined fire and water are not causally operative like the "real" fire and water. Mental fire is what won't burn real sticks; mental...knives may be sharp, but they won't cut real wood. (P. 33) 30 The central point of the pure-experience theory is that "outer" and "inner" are names for...

...pour it on the fire, and absolutely no difference ensues. I account for all such facts by calling diis whole train of experiences unreal, a mental train....even a mental fire. Mental knives may be sharp, but the}' won't cut real wood. Mental triangles are pointed, but their points won't wound. With 'real'...