ENGB52H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sled, Subjectivism, Unconscious Mind
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Modern lit a lot about the subjective. Subjectivism: rxn against the obj. realist perspective, took on the perspective and character of their protagonist, not unlike the new psychologists. Modernism - ~1990-1950: response of urban life, cities getting bigger faster, rapid unpredictable change. The death of realism in sci: 18th cent. Body nothing to do w/ it: 19th cent. Scientist began to realize role of organs processing and conveying sensation: malfunction of organs change of perception. James clerk maxwell"s theory of electromagnetism from their perspective: end of 19th cent. Physicists tell us their measurements are only true. Pwr of imagination sleigh 2011 , 159. The james bros: william the psychologist-trained in medicine and his. -interest in the body and of mind, stream of consciousness, henry the writer, intertwined, motivated by subjectivity, principals of psychology 1890, 224-5. Two perceptions of having the exact same place. We exist and observe that we exist. Pg 19-former inhabitant of this childhood home, alternate self.
