同時に追求される3つの対象とは？

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  • 実際の研究では、これらの3つの対象は連続してではなく、同時に追求されます。
  • したがって、分類の最終目的であることは、地球上に存在するすべての生物や精神構造の解剖や分析の完了後に開始される必要はありません。
  • それどころか、各ケースでの比較は最初に比較可能であると認識される事実から始まり、追加の事実の知識がより広範になるにつれて徐々に拡張されます。
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In actual research these three objects are prosecuted, not successively, but simultaneously. Thus it is not necessary in either case that the final object — that of classification- should wait for its commencement upon the completion of the dissection or analysis of every organism or every mental structure that is to be found upon the earth. On the con trary, the comparison in each case begins with the facts that are first found to be comparable, and is afterwards pro gressively extended as knowledge of additional facts becomes more extensive. * The word " structure " is used in a metaphorical sense when applied to mind, but the usage it convenient.

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実際の研究では、これら３つの対象は連続的ではないが同時に遂行された。従って、地球上で見つかる全ての有機体の分析と解剖、全ての心的構造の分析、といった作業が完了されるを待つべきである分類における終対象は、どちらにせよ必要とはされない。それどころか、いずれの場合における比較は、比較可能な最初に発見された事実を持って開始され、その後は知識が追加的な事実などにより、更に詳細になるにつれて漸進的に広がっていく。 ”構造”という言葉は、心に作用する時は比喩的な意味で使われるが、それを使うことは便利である。

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