Of Mind and Man: The Historical Context of Rene Descartes' Contribution to Physiological Psychology

by Dr. C. Arthur Ellis Jr and C. Arthur Ellis Jr.

Cogito, ergo sum. With these words, Descartes established the foundation of his philosophy of man, man's consciousness, and man's place in the world.In 1924, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian physiologist, Pavlov, wrote: Three hundred years ago Descartes evolved the idea of the reflex. Starting from the assumption that animals behaved simply as machines, he regarded every activity of the organism as a necessary reaction to some external stimulus, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982094027
• ISBN13: 9780982094020
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Gadfly Publishing, LLC
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary