Descartes Flashcards
saw animals as
machines
Contrast to Aristotle
overturned 3 types of soles
Reflex-arc (S-R) model
all animals are machines,behave in automatic ways
Hydraulic model
environmental forces, stimulate nerves in the body, causes spinal fluid to rush to the brain and the organism moves, all animal behavior and involuntary human behavior
free will
humans have and distinguishes us from animals
Humans have souls
in pineal gland,can intervene to affect behavior by shunting human spirits in different direction
Located in the pineal gland
thought to be located in center of brain, unique to humans, surrounded by human spirits(cerebral spinal fluid)
quote
“Two different principles of movement are to be distinguished—the one entirely mechanical and the other incorporeal (that is to say, mind or soul…)”