Excerpt from The Relations of Structural and Functional Psychology to PhilosophyThat the biological idea of function is applicable in a general way to the life of consciousness is hardly open to question. The precise lines of classification sometimes employed in biology, e. G., functions of adjustment to the external environment, func tions of internal organic metabolism, functions of reproduction, etc., may not be immediately available, but the general biological notion of organic activity certainly requires no essential transformation. The point which does, however, warrant a few words concerns the Structural implications of certain psychological terms commonly employed to indicate functions, for example, judgment. As the main point, which we desire to bring out in the remainder of the paper, does not hinge upon this con sideration, we shall dismiss the matter with a somewhat cursory comment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.