HUXLEY, Th.H. 'On the hypothesis that animals are automata'. In: The Fortnightly Review, XCV new series, 1874, p. 555-580. Lge-8°. Old wrps., uncut.
The term “conscious automata” was employed in this famous address Huxley delivered in Belfast. Conscious automatism is a position on the philosophic question that asks whether determinism, as distinguished from “free will”, can be considered the sole operant principle in human decision making. - First edition.€ 80