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Single Idea 11045

[filed under theme 18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 1. Psychology ]

Full Idea

Most psychologists have now dropped behaviourism and adopted cognitivism: the thesis that the rational human mind is essentially an active innately specified information-processor.

Gist of Idea

Most psychologists are now cognitivists

Source

Robert Hanna (Rationality and Logic [2006], Intro)

Book Ref

Hanna,Robert: 'Rationality and Logic' [MIT 2006], p.-11

The 4 ideas with the same theme [general structure of the mind's operations]:

20381 It is psychology which reveals the basic problems [Nietzsche]
6386 In no important way can psychology be reduced to the physical sciences [Davidson]
11045 Most psychologists are now cognitivists [Hanna]
19484 Psychologists measure personality along five dimensions [New Sci.]