Chapter 2 RENE DESCARTES

Question 1

Scientific Knowledge

Answer 1

Based on SCIENTIFIC METHOD with careful research using RELIABLE and VERIFICABLE evidence.

Question 2

Rene Descartes “slides”

Answer 2

“I think therefore I am”

Question 3

Rene Descartes contributions:

Answer 3

Reflexion
Introspection
Cognition

Question 4

Mind and Body is associated with?

Answer 4

Rene Descartes

Question 5

Rene Descartes ideas?

Two kind of ideas

Answer 5

1. Derived

2. Innate

Question 6

Rene Contributions: Total 5

C.I.R.M.M

Answer 6

1. Cognition
2. Reflexes
3. Introspection
4. Mind and Body
5. Mechanics

Question 7

Rene Descartes.

What was the prevailing thought before he came along?

Answer 7

The interaction between mind and body flowed in one direction.

Question 8

Rene Descartes.
Contributions
The most important systematic contributions according to the book:

Answer 8

1. The mechanics concept of body
2. The theory of reflexion
3. The mind and body interaction
4. The localization of mental functions in the brain
5. The doctorine INNATE IDEAS

Question 9

What is Descartes reflex- action theory?

Answer 9

UNDULATIO REFLEXA- a movement not supervised or determined by a conscious will to move.

Question 10

Mind and Body

Answer 10

The mind is NONMATERAL and lacks PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE, but that is capable of THOUGHT and other COGNITIVE PROCESSES. Because the mind thinks, perceives and wills, it must somehow influence and be influenced by the body.

Question 11

Mind and Body 2

Answer 11

The idea that mind and body are distinct but closely joined.

Question 12

What were animal spirits? who thought they we in the body?

Answer 12

Rene Descartes.

Animal spirits trigger the passions in the SOUL to cause the BODY to react