PSYC 4008 : PSYC 4008 Exam 2

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15 Mar 2019
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If we dont rely on authority or faith, how do we find truth: thomas hobbes (1588-1678) Led empiricists: known as a political scientist, views on politics are based on views of human nature, developed the notion that the best way to understand whats true and whats not is by empiricism, rene descartes (1596-1650) Inspired descartes to develop a way of movement: he said we are made up of hydraulics our nerves are hollow that connect our muscles to the brain. Pov: psychology today is monistic, no one can come up with evidence that we are dualistic. If you take some muscles, the heart, it will still beat when isolated. Included motion, number, solidity, extension (studied by physics: seen as certainties, secondary only in perceiving organism, subjective, how something sounds, feels, looks. Locke brings in subjectivity of exp: temperature and 2 types of quality paradox.

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