PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Scientific Method, Luigi Galvani, James Mill
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Souls are spiritual entities and they do not conform to natural laws. Back in the day, we strongly believed in souls. They believed everything is composed of earth, air, fire, and water. The rock will fall from the air because it doesn"t belong in the air; it desired to be with the earth. When you see something you don"t understand, you consider it magic: the concept of souls, we don"t understand. If we did understand the complexity, we wouldn"t call it a soul. It"s not so great because we know of its intelligence. If we understood where the intelligence underlies, we wouldn"t be intelligent: william james and rene decartes prove to be intelligent people, had a hard time as young people. They suffered from mental health issues, incapable of functioning in real world. They both attempted to find themselves through travelling: when the statues moves, he found out liquid hydraulics caused it.
