PSYC85H3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Notes
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I ntroduction: during renaissance many ppl began questioning, renaissance: renewed interest in classics of questioning, i. e. rebirth. Therefore we are thinkers: cogito, ergo sum: i am thinking, therefore i exist, cartesian doubt: process needed to get cogito. use doubt to find t ruth: believed un-doubtable ideas come from god, dualism: mind and body are separate. Innate ideas: things people know w/o having to learn: can interact but are different in nature, mind is immortal, body is mechanical. Int rospection: looking at experience and saying what"s on the mind: cartesian model suggests introspection is good psych. The body as a machine: thomas hobbes, described body in terms of machinery like springs and wheels. Isaac newton (1642-1727: sir isaac newton, seen as greatest scientific genius of english world. Interests included alchemy: prescurson to chemistry, most famous work was principia, foundation for physics. made good observations of perception but, misunderstood newton (thought colour was property of light) www. notesolution. com.
