CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hermann Von Helmholtz, Cogito Ergo Sum, Thomas Sydenham

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Barak Caine

Document Summary

Founder of the academy (modern university) and western philosophy. Dualism: soul is not a part of your physical body . Seat of the soul: pineal gland is where soul is. Vivisection: when you cut animal, it wouldn"t feel pain since they do not have soul . Knowledge not innate acquired via sensory perception (consciousness, experience) Hermann von helmholtz (19th century, the scientific method hypothesis testing) William james (1890, functionalism the environment and adaptation natural selection as a model for behavior principles of psychology) Functionalism: behavior is based on natural selection / mental processes; the function of behavior is part of our adaptation to environment. Sigmund freud worcester (1909, psychoanalysis early experiences, unconscious) Die traumdeutung, (1900) interpretation of dream, manual to clinical psychology. Ivan pavlov, nobel laureate (1904, classical conditioning, cs) Life and behavior of living organisms could be explained entirely by chemistry and physics without recourse to a supposed "vital force .