Submitted by:
Ayesha Rafaqat 693
Submitted to:
Miss Zoya

Department Of Applied Psychology
Lahore College For Women University, Lahore.

Comparison Between Concept Of James Mill And John Stuart Mill

JAMES MILL states that mind is just like machine. James Mill applied the doctrine of mechanism to the human mind with a rare directness and comprehensiveness
JOHN STUART MILL says that mind played an important and active role in the association of ideas.
John Stuart Mill argued against the mechanistic position of his father, who viewed the mind as passive, something acted upon by external stimuli.

CREATIVE SYNTHESIS the idea given by Stuart Mill. The notion that complex ideas formed from simple ideas take on new qualities, the combination of the mental elements creates something greater than or different from the sum of the original elements.

MY VIEWS ABOUT THIS CONCEPT:

* Human mind comes up with ideas; human mind does associates one idea with another. For example, 2+2 =4 but it can also 22, so it depend on human mind how to perceive it. * Mind is not like machine this concept is limited. * Chemists were demonstrating the concept of synthesis, in which chemical compounds were found to exhibit attributes and qualities not present in their component parts or elements.

CONCLUSION: This is clear that mind is not like a machine because this idea is not correct as well as association is the fundamental function of mind so it depend on humans how they can perceive. The process of creative synthesis is also