PSYC85H3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5.docx
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The enlightenment of 17th & 18th centuries emphasized human experience and reason: to understand universes etc. , people no longer had to rely on the word of the. Church they could find things out for themselves. English empiricists: prioritized human experience people have no choice but to automatically represent what is in their environment and then can then examine it. Believed that humans are always consciously aware of how they make decisions. German and french rationalists: emphasized reasoning (almost to the point of ignoring human experience) humans don"t always have to reflect on what"s going on in the environment. We can change our attention and imagine things. Also, we are not always conscious of our decisions. Conflict between rationalists and empiricists coincided with a repudiation of the. Enlightenment ideal of reasoning by the romantic movement: cultural shift that came from everyday people who were listening to the enlightenment. Art example: realism: demonstrates what"s going on in the enlightenment.
