The Scientific Consensus and Recent British Philosophy presents a startling revisionary metaphysics. The self that was ejected from academic philosophy by “The Revolution in Philosophy” by England is brought back into philosophy by Richard Wollheim, Grote professor of Philosophy. Mrs. Freny Mehta brings out its structure, and supplies a new metapsychological epistemology, befitting the structure. Metapsychology is constituted from the scientific disciplines mentioned on the cover.

The “consensus” indicates that we think and behave through the creative Forms of the imagination that define perception and conceptualization. The Forms are respectively called “images”, “schmeta”, ”gestalten” and “spices specific gestalten”, by the disciplines correlated here. They constitute to an extent homologous concepts. The “convergences” indicate that two kinds of government, one “ethical” and one “moral”, of different kinds of models, direct all thinking and behaviour carried on through the Forms. Mrs. Mehta’s thesis are supported by some of the writings of distinguished writers such as Sir Julian Huxley, Professors Richard Wollheim, J.C.P. d’Andrade, Ramakant Sinari, Konrad Lorenz, and others. The papers and books from which long excerpts are reproduced in the book were sent personally (in most cases) by the authors to Mrs. Mehta. Can we expect a “Counter-Revolution” in philosophy? Is it on its way? The mind-body, it is declared, can be considered to be both “two” at certain levels, and “one” at certain levels, working in the service of the “soul”, the “self” and the “psyche” taken together. These structures are never separable; yet compose two levels of working of individuality. A foreword by Professor Ramakant Sinari of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay introduces the book that should be of great interest to philosophers; and those working in the fields of sociology, politics and psychology and allied disciplines.

Mrs. Freny Mehta took her Master’s Degree from Bombay University with Philosophy and Psychology as her main subjects. Idealism as taught by prof. J.C.P d’Andrade has stamped her thinking. She is a psychoanalyst of 20 years’ standing and has specialized in treating women and children. She has worked and treated young people at the Indian Institute for Mental Health and Human Relations for almost the same period. Mrs. Freny Mehta was chairman of the Indian Council for Mental Health from 1966-1978. As chairman of the council, she initiated and organized film shows with lectures and discussions in schools and colleges, on psychological subjects.

She also arranged Counselling of students for emotional problems that affect the intellect, by specially trained social workers. This work is still being carried on by her colleagues. Mrs. Mehta has frequently addressed college audiences, which have included teacher-trainees and medical graduates going through psychiatric training. She visited England n 1978 and participated in seminars both in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis.

She has also addresses meetings of the Bombay Philosophical Society, Psychiatric and Psycho-analytical Conferences and the British Psycho-Analytical Conferences and the British Psycho-Analytical Society’s Group for advancing applied psychoanalysis, and the Bombay Group of Psycho-analysts. With contributions from Richard Wollheim, Roger Money-Kyrle, Donald Winnicott, Julian Huxley, John Bowlby, Michael Polanyi, Ramakant Sinari, J.H.Rey.