Julien Offray de La Mettrie

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philosophy, regarded as a pioneer of scientific psychology
Website:
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/LaMettrie/Eulogy/
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"Julien de La Mettrie"
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(1709 - 1751)
In 'Man a Machine' (L'Homme Machine), de La Mettrie extends Descartes' argument that animals were mere automatons or machines to human beings, denying the existence of the soul as a substance separate from matter, http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/LaMettrie/Machine/

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