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Thursday, August 2, 2012

A Comparison of Thomas Hobbes and Rene Descartes


A Comparison of Thomas Hobbes and Rene Descartes / (in English) 
 
17세기 심리학사 파일을 만들다가 Hobbes와 Descartes를 비교하는 표를 만들고, 관련 웹시이트를 재구성하여 올립니다.
아래 표가 깨져있으니 첨부파일을 다운 받아 보세요.
You can download the pdf file (the table intact) from ;
                                  http://blog.naver.com/metapsy/40162414792


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[Table 3-2-1]. A Comparison of Thomas Hobbes and Rene Descartes / (in English)
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Items :Thomas Hobbes/ René Descartes/ comments
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*year of birth;    1588  / 1596 /                          D: 8 yrs later
*year of death;1679 (98 y. old)/  1650 (71 y. old) /  D: 29 yrs earlier
*called: H: Father of modern psychology./ D: Father of modern Philosophy
*major books (year)---Discourse (1637) D: 13 yrs earlier +Passions (1650) + l'homme (1662)
/ Humaine Nature (1650) +Leviathan (1651) 
*tradition; empiricist  / rationalist (transcendentalism)
* man;   mechanistic automata    / body=automata / +soul=immaterial
* soul ;  non-existen     / texistent and the main concept
*physiological basis of mind/soul]acknowledged    /  main-theme of the D's system
* on Mind-Body;  body only  /  mind(soul)-body dualism
       (materialistic monism) / (interactionism)
* mechanistic concept;   springs/   animal spirit
* aspect 1 emphasized ;  motivation  /  cognition
* aspect 2 emphasized;  social aspects /  individual aspects
* on quality of sense ; depends on matter   / depends on matter & soul
* [primary-secondary perception];   imagination = decaying  sensation   / 1st-2ndary P. distinguished + soul needed for the 2nd-ary p.
* simple->complex ideas ;  simple mechanistic   compounding  /   synthetic  compounding by soul
* association process;    coherence(contiguity)      /   not explicitly discussed
* emotion (passions);     appetite vs. aversion     /   ----- -----
- Hobbes  : 3 pairs of simple passions: love-hate(objects present), desire-aversion(objects absent), joy-grief (expectation related) +other compounded emotions   /
- Descartes  : 6 simple basic passions; wonder, love, hatred, desire, joy, sadness
+other emotions + physiological theory of emotions
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[1]. R. Decartes links on the web:

Some Rene Descartes Links
- A list of some links on Descartes is given. / - History of Psychology site /

Wikipedia's 'Discourse on the Method', (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Method)

Descartes' Life, Works, Contributions: http://blog.naver.com/metapsy/40162133013

The Scientific Methods of Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon; http://www.thingsrevealed.net/dscrtbacn.htm;


Life of Descartes : http://www.renedescartes.com/

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/descarte.htm

Epistemology of Descartes; (Stanford U.); http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-epistemology/

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences

RENE DESCARTES and the legacy of Mind/Body dualism

RENE DESCARTES AND THE LEGACY OF MIND/BODY DUALISM
- Serendip
- Undergraduate Science Education program grant to Bryn Mawr College.
 - [contents]
Rene Descartes
The 17th Century: Reaction to the Dualism of Mind and Body
The 18th Century: Mind, Matter, and Monism
The 19th Century: Mind and Brain
Mind, Brain, and Adaptation: the Localization of Cerebral Function
Trance and Trauma: Functional Nervous Disorders and the Subconscious Mind
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Some Rene Descartes Links ;Mind and Body at
- from Descarte upto Wlliam James
- by - Robert H. Wozniak / Bryn Mawr College
- [TABLE OF CONTENTS]
Introduction
I. RENE DESCARTES AND THE LEGACY OF MIND/BODY DUALISM
Rene Descartes
The 17th Century: Reaction to the Dualism of Mind and Body
The 18th Century: Mind, Matter, and Monism
The 19th Century: Mind and Brain
Mind, Brain, and Adaptation: the Localization of Cerebral Function
Trance and Trauma: Functional Nervous Disorders and the Subconscious Mind
II. THE RISE OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
The 17th and 18th Centuries: The Epistemology of Mind
The 19th Century: The Epistemology of the Nervous System
Mind, Brain, and the Experimental Psychology of Consciousness
III. PSYCHOLOGY IN AMERICA
Mind, Body, and Culture: American Psychology before William James
Biological Consciousness and the Experience of the Transcendent: William James and
American Functional Psychology
- [By Eugene Taylor, Harvard University Medical School]
CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBIT
REFERENCES AND TITLES CONSULTED
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Descartes: THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL (1650) ; ARTICLE VII - ARTICLE XLIII
-Contents
ARTICLE VII: A Brief Explanation of the Parts of the Body and Some of its Functions
ARTICLE VIII: What is the Principle of All These Functions?
ARTICLE X : How the Animal Spirits are Produced in the Brain
ARTICLE XI : How the Movements of the Muscles Take Place
ARTICLE XVI : How All the Members May Be Moved by the Objects of the Senses and by the
Animal Spirits Without the Aid of the Soul
ARTICLE XVII : What the Functions of the Soul Are
ARTICLE X : That There is a Small Gland in the Brain in Which the Soul Exercise Its Functions
More Particularly than in the Other Parts
ARTICLE XXXII : How We Know that This Gland is the Main Seat of the Soul
ARTICLE XXXV : Example of the Mode in Which the Impressions of the Objects Unite in the
Gland Which is. in the Middle of the Brain
ARTICLE XXXVI : Example of, the Way in which the Passions Are Excited in the Soul
ARTICLE XL : The Principal Effect of the Passions
ARTICLE XLII : How We Find in the Memory the Things Which We Desire to Remember
ARTICLE XLIII : How the Soul Can Imagine, Be Attentive, and Move the Body
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Descartes at the [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
[Table of Contents]
Life
The Modern Turn
Against Scholasticism
Descartes’ Project
Method
The Mind
Cogito, ergo sum
The Nature of the Mind and its Ideas
God
The Causal Arguments
The Ontological Argument
The Epistemological Foundation
Absolute Certainty and the Cartesian Circle
How to Avoid Error
Mind-Body Relation
The Real Distinction
The Mind-Body Problem
Body and the Physical Sciences
Existence of the External World
The Nature of Body
Physics
Animal and Human Bodies
Sensations and Passions
Morality
The Provisional Moral Code
Generosity
References and Further Reading
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
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Descartes' Life and Works - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Rene Descartes
- Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences
/ Meditations / Essay / On the Existence of Corporeal Objects / On his Method of Doubt /
Bibliography / FAQ / Resources/:

R. Descartes (1596-1650). - Biographical Sketches:

Descartes - FINLANDF Pegasos site - References on Descartes included:

Descartes - Philosopher at - Lucidcafe Library:

Rene Descartes - at School of Mathematics of Trinity College of Dublin:

Descartes - at Science Division, Bellevue College, WA, U.S.A.:

RENE DESCARTES - at Oregon State U.:

Descartes at - philosophy page:

Rene Descartes at - THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA:

Descartes - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online at:

Descartes, (1596-1650) - from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography at:

Descartes - Discourse on Method at - Science World ; wolfram:

Descartes - Philosopher - Biography at:

R. Descartes at -mathematik.ch.:

Rene Descartes at - European Graduate School EGS.:

Rene Descartes - at crystal link (indices for various fields of science:

Damasio's book (1994), "Descartes's error" :

On Descartes's Methods (in Korean) - by Yoon, S. K. (SNU): http://philosophy.snu.ac.kr/center/analysisPDF/2-3.pdf.

TV classics [Decartes's Methods] (in Korean) ; http://www.masilga.co.kr/philosophy/awork/awork10.asp)
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[2]. Tomas Hobbes links:




Chapters' links of Leviathan: http://en.wLeviathanikipedia.org/wiki/

Hobbes (in Korean) + Leviathan : http://blog.daum.net/cho3237/197

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