ANAT 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Relate, Spirit Possession, University Of Manchester
20 Dec 2017
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*agency = feeling in control of actions most associated with sense w/ self. Built duck w/ mechanical devices [attraction in 18th century parisian] *would quack/flap wings/eat/poop = acted like alive but mechanistic so predictable. Behavior originate within us but in science = believe body operate mechanistically. ~ 1500s = started looking human body in modern. With dawn of modern anatomy & physiology . William harvey [1578-1657]= figured out heart pump & vessels circulate blood for life. Ex: showed if push blood blood would come back because heart pumped. Many physiologists demonstrate that human body = operate according to mechanistic rule. *mechanism idea = foundation of medicine mechanism operate certain way & if stop working. Rene descartes [1596 - 1650] proposed way to reconcile mechanistic body & autonomous self = soul. Dualism = idea that human have mind & body - (cid:862)i think therefore i am(cid:863)
