General Education Science of Living Systems 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eadweard Muybridge, Meatloaf, Empiricism
18 Mar 2016
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Introduction: majid and ameneh, leg rubbing to sulfuric acid throwing, eye for an eye punishment majid was to be blinded, ameneh forgave him. 3 pound meatloaf between our ears: what is man that thou art mindful of him, man is the measure of all things, william james (1842-1910) was the father of psychology. Psychology is roughly 100 years old, and it should stil be considered a baby discipline: william james was both a philosopher and a physician. Philosophy asked the deep and important questions: he admired the biological sciences for its precision. Psychology is now made up of many different sub-disciplines o o. Personality (personal: abnormal (how it goes wrong, developmental (how it changes, cognitive (personal, neuroscience (intrapersonal) Organisms pass some traits to their offspring. Genes need to get themselves to the next generation. We are 98% of the mammalian biomass. We are the only animal able to reprogram itself: materialism. There is only stuff stuff (i. e. physical stuff)
