Review of “Darwin on Expression”

Abstract

THERE is nothing in this Postscript to “The Senses and the Intellect” so important to psychology as the declaration and announcement contained in the following sentences: “In the present volume I have not made use of the principle of Evolution to explain either the complex Feelings or the complex Intellectual powers. I believe, however, that there is much to be said in behalf of the principle for both applications. In the third edition of ‘The Emotions and the Will,’ now in preparation, I intend to discuss it at full length.” No man can claim to have done more for the study of psychology than Prof. Bain; and in now recognising the principle of evolution and in incorporating it with his system, he is doing the science the greatest possible service. This is more than in some quarters was ever hoped from Prof. Bain, and more than was ever feared by those of his disciples who—after the manner of disciples—have clung most tenaciously to the defects of his system.

Review of “Darwin on Expression.”

Being a Postscript to “The Senses and the Intellect.” By Alexander Bain., Professor of Logic in the University of Aberdeen. (Longmans, Green, and Co.)