[64] This article was suggested by Dr. W. L. Worcester’s criticism on
Professor James’s Psychology. When Dr. Worcester discusses Professor
James’s supposition of an hallucination in a blank mind, saying that it
would be “the only possible reality of that mind,” he almost seems to
adopt Professor James’s views of the subject himself. Clearness about
such fundamental terms as mind and reality, are so much needed that the
following remarks may not be out of place as a further explanation of the
subject. Exactness in fundamental and general terms will save much labor
in detail work.