PSYC 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mecha, Behavioral Medicine, Homeostasis
4 Sep 2016
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Great value on human reason to understand nature. Emphasized we should put merit into scientific thought, we should know cause we observed them. Knowledge must be based on careful observation informed by reason (deductive reasoning) Reductionist approach if we break down big concepts simple things and understand simple things first you can put it back together and understand big concepts. Study simple things to understand complex ones. Allows us to put it back together and understand complex things. Mind-body dualism (cause it was the thought at the time, the body is made of physical matter) Humans biological machines inhabited by a nonmechanical soul. Hinders ability to understand relationship with what"s happening between brain and our thoughts and feelings and what"s going on with our body. Hinders understanding relationship between mental existence and physical presence. Hard understanding how ideas can influence the body and how the mind can be part of health and disease.
