Hi. According to structuralists, human consciousness could be broken down into smaller parts. Using a process known as introspection, trained subjects would attempt to break down their responses and reactions to the most basic sensation and perceptions. Does this mean that structuralists broke down human mind into sensation and perception?
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The passage itself doesn't say if doing this was simply a helpful tool to understanding or a fundamental goal of the action.
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The passage itself doesn't say if doing this was simply a helpful tool to understanding or a fundamental goal of the action.
(I would suggest though that the nature of consciousness isn't approachable in that way any more than you can "break down gravity into its bits" by assigning it to the motions of different planets.)