Psychology- the Cognitive Powers

By James McCosh

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For over thirty years, Ive been dedicated to teaching Psychology through engaging written lectures to students across Ireland and America. Each year, I refine my course, ensuring it evolves with the times. Much like Uncle Tobys stockings, which were so lovingly patched that their original threads were lost, my lectures have undergone continuous improvement, and I cant say that a single sentence from my early notes remains unchanged. My desire is for this work to serve as a textbook, expanding the reach and longevity of my teaching. While some may deem textbooks as dull, I strive to bring life to mental science by illustrating concepts with relatable examples from human nature. Just as general laws are derived from specific instances, these ideas are best grasped through concrete experiences that resonate with our everyday lives.

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Episode Date
Underground Railroad, Part 2-William Still
Oct 25, 2026
Improvement of the Mind-Stephen Norris Fellows, Isaac Watts
Oct 24, 2026
Studies in Pessimism-Arthur Schopenhauer
Oct 23, 2026
Theological Tractates-Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Oct 22, 2026
From Pillar to Post-John Kendrick Bangs
Oct 21, 2026
Dry Dock of a Thousand Wrecks-Philip Ilott Roberts
Oct 20, 2026
Evolutionist at Large-Grant Allen
Oct 19, 2026
Outline of Science, Vol 2-J. Arthur Thomson
Oct 18, 2026
The Moral Equivalent of War
Oct 17, 2026
Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt-Arthur Henry Patterson
Oct 16, 2026
Guide to Health-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Oct 15, 2026
Tea Its History and Mystery-Joseph M. Walsh
Oct 14, 2026
Our Little Irish Cousin-Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
Oct 13, 2026
Diatessaron A Harmony of the Four Gospels-Tatian
Oct 12, 2026
War of the Worlds-H. G. Wells
Oct 11, 2026
Voice and Public Speaking-John Poole Sandlands
Oct 10, 2026
Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899-Joseph R. Fisher
Oct 09, 2026
Side-lights of Nature in Quill and Crayon-Tickner Edwardes
Oct 08, 2026
Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa-Robert Louis Stevenson
Oct 07, 2026
Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed-Edna Ferber
Oct 06, 2026
Black Panther-John Hall Wheelock
Oct 05, 2026
Astrophel and Stella-Sir Philip Sidney
Oct 04, 2026
Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity-Robert N Bader, Donald J Coxwell, Thomas R. Johnson
Oct 03, 2026
Milton's Minor Poems-John Milton
Oct 02, 2026
Psychopathology of Everyday Life-Sigmund Freud
Oct 01, 2026
Theologico-Political Treatise-Benedict de Spinoza
Sep 30, 2026
Introduction to The Philosophy of History-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Sep 29, 2026
Brain and Personality, or the Physical Relations of the Brain to the Mind-William Hanna Thomson
Sep 28, 2026
On the Incarnation-Athanasius of Alexandria
Sep 27, 2026
Spring of Joy A Little Book of Healing-Mary Webb
Sep 26, 2026
India's Love Lyrics-Laurence Hope
Sep 25, 2026
Prelude-William Wordsworth
Sep 24, 2026
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 3)-William Blake
Sep 23, 2026
George Bernard Shaw-G. K. Chesterton
Sep 22, 2026
Reflections on War and Death-Sigmund Freud
Sep 21, 2026
Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World-William Walker Atkinson
Sep 20, 2026
Social War of 1900-Simon Landis
Sep 19, 2026
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex-Sigmund Freud
Sep 18, 2026
Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge-George Berkeley
Sep 17, 2026
Convivio-Dante Alighieri
Sep 16, 2026
American Democrat; Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America-James Fenimore Cooper
Sep 15, 2026
Woman and the War-Frances Evelyn (Daisy) Greville
Sep 14, 2026
Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct-John Dewey
Sep 13, 2026
Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 2: Lives and Deaths of Early Christian and Protestant Martyrs-Forbush, Foxe
Sep 12, 2026
Emotions-James McCosh
Sep 11, 2026
Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4-Parker Thomas Moon
Sep 10, 2026
As I Lay Dying-William Faulkner
Sep 09, 2026
Arabic Hidden Words-Bahá'u'lláh
Sep 08, 2026
Mental Efficiency-Arnold Bennett
Sep 07, 2026
New Poems-D. H. Lawrence
Sep 06, 2026
Town is Drowning-C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl
Sep 05, 2026
Ten Days in the Light of Acca-Julia M. Grundy
Aug 24, 2026
Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct-John Dewey
Aug 23, 2026
Letters of Travel-Rudyard Kipling
Aug 22, 2026
Amoretti A sonnet sequence-Edmund Spenser
Aug 21, 2026
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark-Mary Wollstonecraft
Aug 20, 2026
Woman and the War-Frances Evelyn (Daisy) Greville
Aug 19, 2026
Crime Its Cause and Treatment-Clarence Darrow
Aug 18, 2026
Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches-Frank Thomas Bullen
Aug 17, 2026
Reflections on War and Death-Sigmund Freud
Aug 16, 2026
Psychology the Cognitive Powers-James McCosh
Aug 15, 2026
Theological Tractates-Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Aug 13, 2026
From the Foundation of the City Vol. 01-Titus Livius
Aug 12, 2026
Traveller’s Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb-Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás
Aug 11, 2026
Improvement of Human Reason-Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufail
Aug 10, 2026
Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct-John Dewey
Aug 09, 2026
Psychology of Peoples Its Influence on Their Evolution-Gustave Le Bon
Aug 08, 2026
Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches-Frank Thomas Bullen
Aug 07, 2026
In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems-Frank Oliver Call
Aug 06, 2026
Secrets of the Woods-William J. Long
Aug 06, 2026
Selected Poems of John Drinkwater-John Drinkwater
Aug 05, 2026
029 - Conclusion - Rise of our Ideas
Feb 09, 2026
028 - Book Third - The Comparative Powers - General Remarks on the Comparative Powers
Feb 09, 2026
027 - Book Third - The Comparative Powers - Intuition in the Discovert of Relation
Feb 09, 2026
026 - Book Third - The Comparative Powers - The Discursive Operations
Feb 09, 2026
025 - Book Third - The Comparative Powers - Classification of Relations Part 2
Feb 09, 2026
024 - Book Third - The Comparative Powers - Classification of Relations Part 1
Feb 09, 2026
023 - Book Third - The Comparative Powers - Office of the Comparative Powers
Feb 09, 2026
022 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Symbolic Power
Feb 09, 2026
021 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Power of Composition Part 3
Feb 09, 2026
020 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Power of Composition Part 2
Feb 09, 2026
019 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Power of Composition Part 1
Feb 09, 2026
018 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Recognitive Power
Feb 09, 2026
017 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Association of Ideas Part 5
Feb 09, 2026
016 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Association of Ideas Part 4
Feb 09, 2026
015 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Association of Ideas Part 3
Feb 09, 2026
014 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Association of Ideas Part 2
Feb 09, 2026
013 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Association of Ideas Part 1
Feb 09, 2026
012 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Recalling Power or Phantasy Part 2
Feb 09, 2026
011 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - The Recalling Power or Phantasy Part 1
Feb 09, 2026
010 - Book Second - The Reproductive or Representative Power - Retention
Feb 09, 2026
009 - Book First - The Simple Cognitive or Presentative Powers - Self-Consciousness Part 2
Feb 09, 2026
008 - Book First - The Simple Cognitive or Presentative Powers - Self-Consciousness Part 1
Feb 09, 2026
007 - Book First - The Simple Cognitive or Presentative Powers - Sense-Perception Part 5
Feb 09, 2026
006 - Book First - The Simple Cognitive or Presentative Powers - Sense-Perception Part 4
Feb 09, 2026
005 - Book First - The Simple Cognitive or Presentative Powers - Sense-Perception Part 3
Feb 09, 2026
004 - Book First - The Simple Cognitive or Presentative Powers - Sense-Perception Part 2
Feb 09, 2026
003 - Book First - The Simple Cognitive or Presentative Powers -Sense-Perception Part 1
Feb 09, 2026
002 - Introduction Part 2
Feb 09, 2026
001 - Introduction Part 1
Feb 09, 2026