PSYA01H3 Final: Lecture Notes (Final Exam)
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Rene descartes (1596-1650: cartesian dualism machine controlled by a soul, argued that animals have no souls and that humans are dualistic creatures; being able to have a machine part like the animals. Rene stepped on a pressure plate as he was approaching the statue of diana causing water to flow through from behind the statue. Since there was another statue blocking the way of the hydraulic, the force of the water pushed the statue on to rene"s path shocking him: non-living objects have a soul. Luigi galvani (1737-1798: materialism notion that we are completely and utterly, argued that we (humans) are partially machines; Electrochemical : meaning electrical stimulation to the muscle is enough to make it contract in order to produce animation, the ability to make a dead object move because of. Electrochemical meaning being able to take advantage of chemical reactions through introduction of electrical energy.
