At the phenomenal level, consciousness arises in a consistently coherent fashion as a singular, unified field of recursive self-awareness (subjectivity) with explicitly orientational characteristics —that of a subject located both spatially and temporally in an egocentrically-extended domain. Understanding these twin elements of consciousness begins with the recognition that ultimately (and mos...

2 Introduction 4 Chapter 1: Defining the Obscure: Was Chopin consumptive? 7 Chapter 2: From Consumption to Tuberculosis: A Historical Overview 28 Chapter 3: Abstract Intersections: Gender, Consumption, and Chopin 56

In this article, I explore the meaning of experiments in early twentieth century psychology, focusing on the qualitative experimental methodology of psychologist Frederic BARTLETT. I begin by contextualizing BARTLETT's experiments within the continental research tradition of his time, which was in a state of transition from a focus on elements (the concern of psychophysics) to a focus on wholes...