PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Nicolaus Copernicus, Andreas Vesalius, Homo Habilis

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 005
• Professor: Sohai

Document Summary

First bipeds that resemble humans homo habilis, homo erectus. Humans spread from africa to siberia, europe and north america. First use of language occurred around this time. Neolithic revolution humans start farming and settling communities. Fertile crescent highly civilized region in middle east. First written testimonies in egypt and sumer + discovery of glass. 427-348 bc plato: founder of the first academy in athens. He was a pupil of socrates and recorded his dialogues. Knowledge is innate from birth and can be recovered through deductive reasoning. His views were appreciated by churches, so his books were widely available in late roman empires and middle ages. Tripartite soul (1) rational, in the brain and deals with rational thought; (2) spirited, in the heart and deals with sensations and emotions; (3) appetitive, in liver and deals with lower desires. 384-322 bc aristotle: student of plato, founder of lyceum in athens. Empiricist inductive reasoning, he left room for observation.