The Lapses of Speech and the Lapses of Consciousness

The Lapses of Speech and the Lapses of Consciousness.

This book proposes to indicate such of the habits, and particularly of the lapses of speech, as reflect the subconscious processes that participate in its normal functioning. Psychologically, speech is but one of several modes of indicating that we appreciate the situations that confront us, that we judge and assimilate and combine these in rational fashion, and that we shape our conduct accordingly.