Of Mind and Man: The Historical Context of Rene Descartes...
Ellis Jr, C. Arthur![Of Mind and Man: The Historical Context of Rene Descartes' Contribution to Physiological Psychology](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/337/33791944/CHSBZCOP0333791944.jpg)
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...