PSY 005 Lecture 20:

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

Document Summary

Contributions mathematics, philosophy ( cogito, ergo sum") Impact on science mechanistic view of world, scientific study of body, idea of innate knowledge. Published a book about heliocentric model of universe wasn"t published because of church. Mind-body relation mind is immaterial (not important) & independent of body. Human soul is divin and independent of everything else cannot be studies by natural science, important for religion/philosophy innate knowledge, could be recovered on basis of reasoning (rationalism) Before descartes interaction between mind & body flow in one direction. Mind has big influence on body, but body little on mind. Descartes theory relationship not only one direction, more a mutual interaction. Means mind has influence on body & body also on mind. Mind and body are to separate entities: matter the body"s material substances, takes place & operates according to mechanical principles, bodily movement occurs without conscious intentions. Reflex-action theory external object (stimulus) can lead to involuntary response (like the knee jerk reflex)