Impact of the Scientific Revolution on Psychology

By idmansaid
  • Period: Sep 30, 1543 to

    The Scientifc Revolution

    1550 BCE - The Ebers Papyrus briefly mentioned clinical depression.

  • 16th Century

    16th Century
    1650 - René Descartes died, leaving Treatise of the World, containing his dualistic theory of reality, mind vs. matter.
    1672 – Thomas Willis published the anatomical treatise De Anima Brutorum, describing psychology in terms of brain function.
    1677 - Baruch Spinoza died, leaving Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order, Pt. 2 focusing on the human mind and body, disputing Descartes and arguing that they are one, and Pt. 3 attempting to show that moral concepts such as good and evil, virtue, a

  • After 1790

    After 1790
    1800 - Franz Joseph Gall developed Cranioscopy, the measurement of the skull to determine psychological characteristics, which was later renamed Phrenology; it is now discredited.
    1807 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel published Phenomenology of Spirit (Mind), which describes his Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis dialectical method, according to which knowledge pushes forwards to greater certainty, and ultimately towards knowledge of the noumenal world.

  • In 2030

    In 2030
    2030- In 2030, new emotions will be discovered and all mental disorders will have a cure.