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As, however, even the associationist is aware that these states differ from one another in quality, he cannot attempt to deduce any one of them a priori from its predecessors.

From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander

On the other hand, it must be allowed that there is room for the intuitionist to say that the associationist is here reading something into the idea which does not belong to it.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

In England, the associationist psychology continued to hold sway, and showed, with Dugald Stewart's miserable attempt at establishing two forms of association, its incapacity to rise to the conception of the imagination.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

The associationist psychology, on the other hand, gives an explanation of each particular fact of recollection; and, in so doing, it also gives an explanation of the general faculty.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William

Husband has been for three years a devoted associationist; his whole heart and mind have been with them and he has ardently desired the associative life.

From Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs by Codman, John Thomas