presentation of historical context of psychology

The Mind ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Consciousness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Consciousness ,[object Object],‘ Cogito Ergo Sum’ Descartes ,[object Object]

What is the Mind- Body problem? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Mind over matter... Astral projection

Traditional solutions to the mind- body problem: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

MONISM ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hinduism Buddhism Islam Judaism Christianity

Oppositional forms of monism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

History of Materialism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

European enlightment ,[object Object],[object Object],Pierre Gassendi Thomas Hobbes

Karl Marx & Friederich Engels ,[object Object],[object Object],

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],PLATO

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MIND is a byproduct of BODY

HISTORY OF EPIPHENOMALISM ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Thomas Huxley

3 positions of dualism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],11/03/08

Interactionism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],11/03/08

Psychophysical Parallelism POSITION: Mental states influence each other. Bodily events also influence each other. BUT these two cannot influence each other. PROBLEMS: 1. Commonsense? 2. A pre-established harmony 11/03/08

Emergentism (Epiphenomenalism) POSITION: Mental processes are produced by brain processes, but are qualitatively different. 11/03/08 The physical can effect the mental and each other but otherwise is not acceptable.

Why give up dualism? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Pluralism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Many Realities !!!

[object Object],[object Object],Attributive Pluralism

Psychogeny : the origin of psuche mind,spirit,soul principle of life, existence associated with mental processes (consciousness, perception, self-awearness,memory...)

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Identity = Sameness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Colony of cells; morula or blastocyst = twins, artificial fertilization

...that spirits are standing by at the mating and birth of animals- a numberless number of immortals on the look-out for mortal frames, jostling to get in first... Or is there perhaps an established compact that first come will be first served? ( Lucretius,1959)

Emergentism: unity of physical and mental worlds John Stuart Mill System of Logic(1843) C.D. Broad The Mind and its Place in Nature(1925) Llyod Morgan & Samuel Alexander Space, Time and Deity (1920) Ludwig von Bertalanffy General System Theory ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How much complexity is required? Are they conscious without a circulatory system? Is colony of cells without a nervous system conscious? Is it same me today as it was years ago? Is a high school student less of a person than a proffessor? How should happy adults with rich personal experiences but low intellegence be treated? Emergentism devalues psuche?

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