Exam 8: Sensationalism and Positivism: the French Tradition

A prominent person in the development of mechanical relationships based upon algebra and calculus, as well as devising the metric system, was:

During his initial intellectual phase, Biran belonged to a group called the:

La Mettrie's work, L'Homme Machine, contributed to the French sensationalistic tradition by its:

A French mathematician who advanced the study of applied mathematics in the study of physics was:

Comte's positivism was:

A prominent person in the development of the mathematical basis of astronomy and the theory of probability was:

One of the earliest statements of specific nerve energies was proposed by:

According to Comte, science is:

The group of scholars, who worked clandestinely around the state censorship system, was known as the:

The relatively tranquil period of the long reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV left France with:

Helvétius salvaged a semblance of mental activity by proposing that:

Cabanis' less extreme sensationalism advocated:

By his third phase, Biran defined psychology as the study of:

The "statue analogy" of the acquisition of human experience was proposed by:

The data of positivistic science for Comte were based upon:

A central, coordinating ego of the brain as part of a unified sensory system was proposed by:

In breaking with the "fiber" psychologists' emphasis on sensationalism, Biran argued for:

The principle that motivation of human activity is governed by the seeking of pleasure was proposed by:

French positivism was a consistent type of:

Biran's major interest in human activity focused on the: