Instinct and experience.

Abstract

THIS is an important contribution to the much-discussed subject of instinct. It reveals a perplexing discrepancy of opinion among those who have recently given special attention to the nature of instinctive behaviour in its biological and psychological aspects, and the way in which the author deals with the views of Bergson, Driesch, McDougall, Myers, Stout, and many others is a model of what scientific discussion should be. Perhaps it does not make the book easier to read, but there is a fascination in his Darwin-like method of anticipating difficulties, answering criticisms that have been made, and forestalling others that will be forthcoming all the same. It is now many years since Prof. Lloyd Morgan began a new chapter in the study of instinct, marked by clear-cut experimental work on one hand, and philosophical insight on the other; and in this new book he has made us again his debtors. He is always lucid and always fair; and his vivid, arresting style is especially welcome when the subject-matter is necessarily difficult.

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