History & Influences
, a. Cognitive psychology started with philosophy. The m
questions were:
Where does knowledge come from?
How is knowledge represented in the mind?
Ancient Egyptians and Greek philosophers (ma
1. HISTORY Aristotle/empiricist) believed that knowledge was localised in
heart, and it is acquired through empirical evidence.
On the contrary, Plato (rationalist) believed that knowledge
localised in the brain, and it is acquired through logical analysi
introspection.
b. Cognitive psychology also started with physiology which was
study of how living matter functions.
, This debate continued to affect modern philosophers
Descartes (1640s) (rationalist) and Locke (1680s) (empiricist).
Descartes senses (e.g. observing) can
deceptive so we cannot rely on them.
1. HISTORY Locke there are no innate ideas so we have
observe.
The views were synthesised by Kant (1770s)
must rely on both methods to acquire knowledge.