PSYC 3240 Lecture 5: Psychology of Anomalous Experience
13 Feb 2017
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Words inscribed above the entrance of the ancient greek temple of apollo at delphi. What (cid:449)e (cid:862)per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e(cid:863) is o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ted represe(cid:374)tatio(cid:374) of (cid:449)hat is reall(cid:455) (cid:862)out there. (cid:863) Perhaps everything we see and feel and hear is only our imagination. Cogito ergo sum = i think therefore i am. Meet in the pineal gland the seat of the soul and where our thinking takes place: descartes was wrong; the pineal gland has no such function. The idea of mind-body dualism continues to resonate with large numbers of people. Moder(cid:374) philosophers are (cid:374)ot so i(cid:373)pressed (cid:271)(cid:455) des(cid:272)artes" logi(cid:272). We will begin with the assumption that we really do exist and that there really is a world out there for us to perceive. We know so little on a personal basis about our bodies and how they work. Much of our learning occurs through classical conditioning. When you take a drug, there is a direct effect on the body, producing desired feelings.
