PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Pineal Gland, Empiricism, Cartesian Doubt
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Rene descartes believed that the mind possesses innate ideas. Isaac newton - introduced new approach to natural science that was widely emulated. John locke, george berkeley, david hume - presented empiricist approach that contrasted with that of descartes by regarding ideas as the product of experience rather than being innate. Immanuel kant - argued that the mind was regulated by its own rules and that, as a result, our experience was our own construction rather than something imposed on us by the external world. ^all thoughts culminated in charles darwin"s theory of evolution. Renaissance: renewal of interest in classical antiquity that originated in italy in. 14th century and spread throughout europe in 15th and 16th centuries. Saw that our beliefs grow in the way cities grow. Constructed over a long time by many different people. Our beliefs are the result of a long process of development that lacks any clear plan.
