PSY 4130 Lecture 2: Jan 15. Rene Descartes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4130
• Professor: Shirley Griffith

Document Summary

Min-body problem (is everything the mind, or is it the body: dualists. Interactionism: the mind has a single function: though, methods: from metaphysical analysis to objective observation and experimentation. Nature of the body: body composed of physical matter, has extension in space, capacity for movement, you can see it, and has the capacity to move-> so the body is a machine, physics . Mind-body interaction: mind-unitary, nonmaterial, unextended, without substance, unitary, thinks, perceives, wills, provides information about the external world, brain-focal point for the minds actions.