Lecture Notes: Freud, Churchland, Merleau-Ponty & Gestalt Psychology

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Vocabulary flashcards covering Freud's ego, Churchland's neurophilosophy, Merleau-Ponty's mind-body view, and gestalt psychology.

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Ego (Freud)

Mediator between the id and the superego; main function is to keep impulses from the id and the superego within an acceptable degree.

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Neurophilosophy (Paul Churchland)

Philosophical view that to understand behavior we must examine the brain's neurological movements and their relation to emotions, feelings, actions, and reactions.

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Merleau-Ponty

Philosopher who argued that mind and body are not separate but one; emphasized embodied perception and linked to gestalt psychology.

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Gestalt psychology

Principle that a whole is different from the sum of its parts.