Exam 4: The Roman Period and the Middle Ages

One characteristic that Avicenna, Maimonides, and St. Thomas Aquinas had in common was that each one

________ was one of the first to assess psychological states by observing physiological reactions. Indeed, he Concluded that one of his patients was in love because her heart rate and facial expressions changed each time The name of the object of her love was mentioned.

Galen believed that most mental disorders are the result of

__________ was a stoic who advocated resignation to things beyond human control.

_________ wrote Opus Majus, which contained chapters on topics such as optics, philology, mathematics, Experimental science, moral philosophy, and four general causes of human errors.

The principle of parsimony or "Ockham's Razor" states that

_________ argued that reason is no less a gift from God than the scriptures and should not be blindly rejected. He saw doubt in a positive light because it motivates study.

__________wrote The Incoherence of the Philosophers and cautioned against empirical and rational inquiry.

_________ was an early investigator of the nature of loving relationships.

Taken quite simply, the term pneuma, as used by Galen, refers to

________ may be called the founder of the Middle Ages

Galen's medical doctrines were

_________ is to skepticism as__________ is to Neo-Platonism.