Feeling is such a word.It should be and is commonly used in a wide sense, but has been lately limited by some authorities to relate solely to pain and pleasure phenomena.The restrictions implied in the avoidance of such words compel circumlocutions at times which I must beg the reader to overlook.I trust that I have not given false emphasis to any argument that favours the positions I defend, where controversial treatment of others' views has seemed necessary ; and that my work, however it may fail, will be recognised as aiming to bring us nearer to a true comprehension of the mental phenomena under discussion.NEW YORK. June 1893.

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In trod uctory Bum mart/ PLEASURE and Pain are states so distinct and so familiar to all of us that it is unnecessary to make any explanation concerning the subject-matter of this volume; but, as happens often when terms are appropriated from common speech for scientific purposes, the words pleasure and pain themselves are used so loosely in ordinary conversation that some difficulty arises when we attempt to employ them with accuracy. That this is no fault of our English usage is shown by the fact that French and German writers find as much trouble in this respect as we do (p. 7 ff.). The most obvious means of avoiding this difficulty would be to adopt some one word to cover the subject of this discussion. The Germans have very generally adapted the word Gefilhl to this use; and an attempt is being made in the same direction by some of our best psychologists who wish to use " Feeling" in the same limited sense. I do not think such usage will win acceptance ; for " feeling" has too broad a meaning in everyday conversation to be useful for such specific scientific purpose. At all events, if it were used thus in this connection, misunderstanding might arise as to my own view, and I B 1 Cp. Vorschule dcr yEsthetik. 2 Problems of Life and Mind, 3rd series, chap. iv. and elsewhere. 3 Mind, No. 45. * Essays, p. 310. r ' Senses and Intellect, 3rd edition, p. 668.

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