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The evolution of general ideas

Note 22 — Chapter I · THE LOWER FORMS OF ABSTRACTION.

Frances A. (Frances Alice) Welby translation

Lloyd Morgan, whose tendencies have already been indicated, distinguishes three sorts of inferences: (1) unconscious inference on immediate construction (perceptual); (2) intelligent inference (conceded to animals), dealing with constructs and reconstructs (perceptual); and (3) rational inference, implying analysis and isolation (conceptual). (Op. cit., p. 362.)

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