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Aristotle,

Pages: 1 –9

Aristotle's treatise on memory and recollection is reproduced here from The Works of Aristotle Translated into English, Vol. 3, by permission of the Oxford University Press. The treatise is separated into two "chapters". In the first Aristotle theorizes on the function and form of memory: "As...

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On dreams, ca. 330 BC.

Aristotle,

Pages: 10 –16

Aristotle's treatise on dreams is reproduced here from The Works of Aristotle Translated into English, Vol. 3, by permission of the Oxford University Press. In three sections Aristotle outlines his theory on the forms and functions of dreams. Some of Aristotle's thoughts include: "the faculty by...

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Mathematical discourses concerning two new sciences relating to mechanics and local motion, 1638.

Galileo,

Pages: 17 –24

Galileo was the first to relate pitch to frequency of vibration. This discovery was first published in 1638, in dialogue form. The translation, from which quotations are here presented, is by Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio, The Macmillan Co., 1914, pp. 95-104. The dialogue is a discussion...

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The passions of the soul, 1650.

Descartes, René

Pages: 25 –31

In this piece Descartes presents one of the earliest attempts at a physiological psychology. This chapter is adapted from Descartes Selections, edited by Ralph M. Eaton, 1927, reprinted by permission of Charles Scribner's Sons. Following a foray into the parts and functions of the "bodily...

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Humane nature, 1651.

Hobbes, Thomas

Pages: 32 –41

Thomas Hobbes was the first of the English empiricists and associationists. The present selections on human nature are adapted from Hobbes' English Works, collected and edited by Sir William Molesworth, London, 1839, Vol. 4. A wide range of topics are covered, including visual and color...

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The discovery of the blind spot, 1668.

Mariotte, Edmé

Pages: 42 –43

The letter of Edmé Mariotte, which describes his discovery of the blind spot, was written to Pecquet in 1668 and originally appeared in Oeuvres de Mariotte, La Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1740. This English translation of the letter is by the present editor. Mariotte describes his "observation of the...

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A new theory of light and colors, 1672.

Newton, Isaac

Pages: 44 –54

Sir Isaac Newton's account of his 1666 discovery of the physical basis of color was transmitted to the Royal Society of London and published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1672. It is here reprinted in full. Through experimentation with optics and refraction, Newton...

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An essay concerning human understanding, 1690.

Locke, John

Pages: 55 –68

John Locke is usually considered the founder of empiricism because of the extensive treatment which he gave to it in his "Essay." Only a small fraction of it is reproduced here. The present text is from The Philosophical Works of John Locke, edited by J. A. St. John, London, G. Bell and Sons,...

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An essay toward a new theory of vision, 1709.

Berkeley, George

Pages: 69 –80

Empiricism is applied here by George Berkeley to the perception of distance and magnitude, both in the context of vision. Berkeley employs 72 individual, enumerated paragraphs to support his theories. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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Observations on man, his frame, his duty and his expectations, 1749.

Hartley, David

Pages: 81 –92

David Hartley is noteworthy for having included movements as well as ideas in his formulation of associationism, and for his numerous genetic applications of the doctrine. The present quotations are from an edition, published by J. Johnson, London, 1791. The sections of this chapter address the...

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