Title | Monism – Materialism |
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Author | Anonymous User |
Course | Psychology |
Institution | University of Sydney |
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Monism – Materialism...
o Monism – Materialism: everything is tissue (reductionism) - Ludwig Feuerbech (1804 – 1872) “You are what you eat”
o Monism – Subjective idealism: the world only exists in my mind - Immaterialist Bishop George Berkeley (1685 – 1753) said “to be is to be perceived” and “objects cannot exist without being perceived”
o Dualism – Both mind and body exist, need to talk to each other (interectionism) - Descertes: it must be the pineal gland!
1. “I think therefore I am” 2. Soul is unitary, and unlike many other structures in the brain, the pineal gland was like that (he was wrong about that). 3. Close to the ventricles (remember!), the cerebrospinal Muid delivered messages to the nerves that resulted in behaviour....