Galileo Chapter 4 Study Guide

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1. Discuss the implications for psychology of Galileo’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities In Chapter 4, Galileo made a comparison between objective and subjective reality. Objective reality is one of the examples that was described within the primary qualities. This is the absolute physical reality. Primary qualities give us “true knowledge”. Whereas, secondary qualities are “psychological experiences”. Secondary qualities give a sense of the world around us which is expressed through “subjective experiences”. Everyone has their own subjective experience of reality which can cause confliction between what is real or imaginary.

2. Summarize Descartes’s view of the mind-body relationship
Descartes researched the brain and