PSYC 3125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: James Mccosh, Dugald Stewart, George Whitefield
30 Mar 2016
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New psychologists believed that they revolutionized psychology from moral and mental philosophy (not evolved from it) Some historians believe that it was more of changing the guards than a revolution. New psychology evolved from germany but also mental philosophy (from america) Scottish common sense school"s dugald stewart (1753-1828) taught mental philosophy in america with influence from locke. Scottish common sense school started in reacted to idealism by david hume and. Scottish common sense school: stated that we perceive the world directly through our senses and that this common sense information is the source of accurate knowledge about real things in the world. John witherspoon (1723-1794) brought common sense school to america (he was a. Knowledge acquired by the senses is superior to knowledge based on reasoning. Mental philosophy was the study of god given faculties of the mind. Deism: the belief that god designed the universe, but had no direct influence and did not intervene with humans day-to-day.
