The Revival

• French philosopher René Descartes described wonder as the emotion that motivates scientists to investigates phenomena.
• Socrates said that philosophy begins with wonder - wonder leads us to try to understand our world.
• Richard Dawkins portrayed wonder as the core from which sc...

• Henri Bergson, a Fresh philosopher of the late 19th century, was also an author of a famous essay that focused on laughter. Before Bergson, few philosophers had given laughter much thought.
• Other major thinkers who have offered humourless reflections about humour i...

Psychology was not separate from philosophy until the late 1800s.

• During the 17th century, philosopher Rene Descartes introduced the idea of dualism - that the mind and body were two entities that interact to complete the human experience.
• While early philosophers relied on ...