CHAPTER XIV.

ASSOCIATION

The problem of the connection of our thoughts. It depends on

mechanical conditions. Association is of objects thought of,

not of 'ideas'. The rapidity of association. The 'law of

contiguity'. The elementary law of association. Impartial

redintegration. Ordinary or mixed association. The law of

interest. Association by similarity. Elementary expression of

the difference between the three kinds of association. Association

in voluntary thought. Similarity no elementary law. History

of the doctrine of association.

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