SPRING QUARTER, 2006
Department of History
University of California, Irvine
 Instructor:    Dr. Barbara J. Becker

Week 4.  Sensation

Supplementary readings for Week 4's lectures include excerpts from:

• works by René Descartes (1596-1650):
  • Treatise on Man (1632-c.1640)
  • The Description of the Human Body and All Its Functions.... (1647-8)
  • Passions of the Soul (1649)
• A Philosophical Essay... (1672) by Dr. Thomas Sherley (1638-1678):
  • Sections 1 & 2
  • Sections 3 & 4
  • Sections 5 & 8

• A Relation Concerning Barnacles (1677) by Sir Robert Moray (1608-1673)

• Experiments on the Generation of Insects (1668; 1688) by Francesco Redi of Arezzo (1626-1697)

• Philosophical Letters between Mr. [John] Ray (1628-1705) and several of his Ingenious Correspondents.... (1718)

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