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The Meaning of Infancy by John Fiske
page 31 of 32 (96%)
mind, this fact most strongly hints that man is infinitely more
than a mere animate machine.




OUTLINE

I. THE MEANING OF INFANCY

1. The relation between progress and infancy
2. Man's method of learning
3. The mental inheritance of animals
4. Infancy and educability of animals
5. Infancy is a period of plasticity
6. Educability varies widely in different creatures
7. Increased intelligence means prolonged infancy
8. The socializing effects of infancy
9. The use of this capacity for progress in the past


II. THE PART PLAYED BY INFANCY IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAN

1. The grandeur of natural causation
2. The problem of man's ascendancy
3. Natural selection seizes on intelligence
4. A long infancy characteristic of man
5. A complex life requires a longer infancy
6. Infancy fosters sociability and the family
7. Group life increases the social and moral bonds
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