PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Comparative Psychology, Tabula Rasa, Associationism
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Renaissance: the renewal of interest in classical antiquity that originated in italy in the 14th century, and spread throughout europe in the 15th and 16th centuries: renaissance = rebirth . These ideas are treated as premises from which conclusions can be drawn by simple and easy reasoning. Rationalism: the belief that clear and distinct ideas are trustworthy premises from which the truth may be deduced. Cogito, ergo sum: i am thinking, therefore i exist . Cartesian doubt: the process of doubting everything until one finds something that cannot be doubted. You cannot doubt the fact of your own thought, thus there must be a thinker who was thinking those thoughts. Innate ideas: things that people know without having to learn them: dualism: the notion that mind and body are fundamentally different. The mind comes from god and is immortal, and the body is mechanical and acts as a machine. Descartes says they interact at the pineal gland.
