PSYB51H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Echolocation, Panpsychism, Psychophysics
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Plato the allegory of the cave (380 bce): reality has to do with what we perceive. Perception and sense of reality are products of evolution which is essential for survival: example of venus fly trap, important of the different types of energy determines the senses that has been developed. Adaptation: a reduction in response caused by prior or. Sensory transducer: a receptor that coverts physical energy from the environment into neural activity that can be processed by the brain (true for olfaction, taste) Nativism: the idea that the mind produces ideas that are mot derived from external sources: limited sense of reality, already born with (innate at birth and then you die with it) Plato: truest sense of reality comes from people"s minds and souls. Descartes" (1596-1650): dualist view of the world, both mind and body exist. Mind-body dualism: the idea posting the existence of two distinct pronciples of being in the universe: spirit/sul and matter/body e. g. descartes.
