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cnetterville

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Ren Descartes asserted that
 
  a. humans cannot understand the nature of the real world.
  b. the heart is the seat of thought and emotion.
  c. the brain acts to cool the passions of the heart.
  d. animals are mechanical creatures controlled by environmental stimuli.
  e. the mind is an emergent property of the brain.

Question 2

Which of the following comments on brain function would be most likely to be made by Aristotle?
 
  a. The mind acts through the pineal body to control the body.
  b. The brain serves to cool the passions of the heart.
  c. The brain is the seat of emotion, but not thought.
  d. The brain routes sensory information to the heart
  e. Injury to the brain alters emotion and thought.


jomama

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. animals are mechanical creatures controlled by environmental stimuli.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. The brain serves to cool the passions of the heart.


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