Review of The life of mind

Abstract

Reviews the book, The life of mind by E. Jordan (1925). The reviewer notes that Jordan's book develops into little more than the author's own rather narrow philosophy of a non-scientific life. The general trend of the book is that belonging to an era that had been buried, supposedly, for at least a decade. Although following topics that are closely allied to those found in any elementary textbook of psychology, the author disdains to mention practically all of the usual hypotheses except in a most derogatory way--not for any constructive reason, but seemingly merely because he is violently opposed to anything that may be termed "scientific." In spite of this stated viewpoint we find him turning to the scientific discoveries of physiology and other sciences when an explanation of sensations is desired. It is reported that due to its own style, and to its obscure birthplace, the book, fortunately, will have little chance for a popular life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)