Questions tagged [psychology]
Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviours.
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Is there any serious overlap between Philosophy and Psychology?
To explain further: would, say, a modern philosopher with a PhD be well-versed in modern psychology?
Since philosophy inevitably investigates the mind and the behavior of people, and that most ...
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Why can't we learn what we are not interested in? [closed]
The school system, as we know it, is and has been shaping students to fit the system in which they live. Throughout this process, the students are forced to learn (mostly memorize) subjects in which ...
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Is psychologism still a thing? What are common rejections of psychologism?
Recently, I learnt that there exist people who go so far as to claim that "mathematics is a branch of psychology". I thought that psychologism was long outdated, in connection with mathematics at ...
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if philosophy didn't exist nor did psychology, could we prove that we think?
if philosophy and psychology didn't exist, could humans be able to prove that we think and are capable of coming up with inventions, I mean we create things because we need them(that used to be the ...
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Would the opacity of everyday motivations seriously undermine Kantian CI?
Would the opacity of everyday motivations seriously undermine Kantian categorical imperative (CI)?
I tend not to use the CI when deciding what is moral, and partly because I'm not sure I know what my ...
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Does the value of truth have an approximation threshold?
In other words, a truth value in a mathematical sense is binary, but human communication is fallible and runs the risk of fallacy, error, and distortion.
The idea of being "close enough" to the truth ...
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How would psychological anti-egoist respond to the following argument?
At first, my theory of psychological egoism consists of perfect desires and imperfect desires. They are based on the notions of hypothetical and practical choices.
Hypothetical choice - a choice ...
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How might studying philosophy impact your mental health?
According to wikipedia on Pessimism and Pragmatic Criticism
...Al-Ghazali and William James rejected their pessimism after suffering
psychological, or even psychosomatic illness...
Other authors ...
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Authors on religions as mental traps
Religions use mental concepts such as final judgement, sin, salvation, redemption, condemnation, karma, purification of the soul etc. A person who has been indoctrinated for years with these concepts ...
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How good, from an ethical, perspective is APA's “Critical Incidents Technique” to develop a code of ethics?
Here I am using good as acceptable or consistent from a philosophical ethics perspective. It strikes me that in order to confirm it they just made a survey of what scientists thought were ethical ...
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Ned Block on the Psychology of the Homunculi-Head
In his ‘Troubles with Functionalism’, Block develops his now-famous Homunculi-Head thought experiment. At one point (p.292), he claims that there are psychological differences between a person and ...
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Books on how Philosophers overcame Misanthropy (hatred towards humanity)
There has been many great philosophers and thinkers that at some point or for all their lives hated society:
“In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a ...
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How can i become obsessed with some meaning to life that i find rational? [closed]
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I see something for example like living for others or trying to change the world (in a non-violent way) is an genuine meaning to life,however i'm not obsessed with these meanings that i ...
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What ethical studies have been performed on what would happen if a government raises kids without parents?
This is a thought experiment that deals with morality and ethics:
Due to low natality governments decide to create schools in which kids
are raised by professional caregivers and people trained ...
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Is the Increase of Escapism in the Modern World Concerning?
What I have observed in the information era is the exponential increase of artificial escapism. By this I mean distracting yourself from reality with non-realistic Books, TV, Music, Movies, Videogames ...
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For a political ruler is it better to be loved or feared?
Let's suppose the title question applies especially (but not exclusively) in the context of a leadership role (where the goal is to sustain power) and for simplicity let's say the choice is strictly ...
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Existence of Jungian archetypes
I can't seem to make sense of any of the summary definitions of an archetype according to Jung.
Has a consise, consistent definition been given anywhere?
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Can the act of having certain thoughts be unethical? [duplicate]
On the basis of Western morality, the Greco-Roman Judeo-Christian one, behaviors like killing, betraying, cursing are considered immoral. Christianity imposes that thoughts can be corrupt, therefore ...
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Does a psychological disorder excuse one from the impacts of their actions?
I have BPD, and due to that my behavior is somewhat unpredictable even to me. I often end up doing things that are outright cruel even to my friends and family. My question is, am I a bad person? Even ...
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Contradictions with Physical Needs within Plato's Tripartite Theory of the Soul? (Reason Rules?)
Aparently, Plato said
reason should rule over emotions and appetites
When googling the phrase, something about Plato's Tripartite Theory of the Soul comes up.
In Republic [Book IX], Plato ...
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Are there public health issues around mental health?
Mental health seem to be increasingly in the news much more so than twenty or thirty years ago when they were seen merely as pathologies.
When it was discovered that many diseases were caused by ...
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Aesthetics and the unbalanced psyche
Due to the things I have been reading and observing lately, I wonder: what is the importance of an "unbalanced" psyche to the aesthetics of his/her oeuvre?
The trigger of this thought was the fact ...
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Is Philosophy the source of all other fields of study?
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I started a self-education plan to learn computer science from foundations. then, I found my self in need to learn electrical engineering, after that I understant that I should learn Physics ...
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Philosophical Perspectives on the Response to Landscapes
As a hiker and (very amateur) philosopher, this question is one that has resonated with me a great deal. As well as hoping to spark discussion on the topic, I'm really hoping for guidance on existing ...
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The need to delude yourself explained by philosophers
In psychology it is called cognitive dissonance when you experience two or more conflicting beliefs. Some people would change their system of beliefs, others would just go on deluding themselves. This ...
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History repeats itself [closed]
People say “History repeats itself”, more often when injustice, human relationships, phenomena fall under the same pattern we argue over this. But why don't people accept things so easily when ...
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What are some documented objections to the Montessori method of teaching/parenting?
I married into a family that is incredibly steeped in Maria Montessori's methods and teachings to the point where my mother-in-law has taken extensive trainings and is considered one of the more ...
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From where does sensing take place during dreams?
In the Zhuangzi (Taoist text), Zhuang Zhou wrote he dreamed he was a butterfly. When he woke up he did not know whether he was perhaps a butterfly dreaming he is a man. (Wikipedia)
Personally, I ...
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Will forgiving make us weak over time? our loved ones get hurt mentally/physically? lose dignity and pride? [closed]
Everyone advise us to forgive and forget... And for those who experience it firsthand, it becomes a pain... those who make advice look like hypocrites...
When we take revenge and get even, we get a ...
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What are the implications of eternal life
The premise
What would be the consequences of transferring the consciousness of a middle-aged person to a mechanical object or device (such as a robot), as opposed to another biological body?
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Can spontaneous body movements confirm or infirm free will?
When explaining to someone why I don't believe in freewill, it is almost certain that they will flap their arms around or do some sort of strange dance with their arms.
I know the reason why they do ...
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Is Psychological Egoism true? Did C Daniel Batson refute it?
Batson observed that increased empathy correlates with increased helping behaviour, SEP then describes as follows:
He found that the altruistic hypothesis always made superior predictions. Against ...
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Correlation between Stirner's “spooks” and Dawkins' “memes”?
Stirner proposed that most commonly accepted social institutions – including the notion of State, property as a right, natural rights in general, and the very notion of society – were mere illusions. ...
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How do you guys view Jungian Psychology? [closed]
I was wondering how people view Analytical psychology, and a lot of the theories connected to it.(Jungian Psychology & Analytical Psychology are the same thing)
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Explanation behind the 'human' reaction to 'terrorism' [closed]
My question is essentially, what are the philosophical reasons behind the way in which societies as a whole react to terrorism. Taking the recent Manchester attacks as an example, 22 people were ...
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What does Foucault mean by the “non-being of madness”?
I am quoting pages 175 and 176 from Madness and Civilization Chapter VI: Doctors and Patients [Vintage Books Edition 1988 which I believe is the standard edition]. Foucault is writing about the ...
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Does holistic health have its roots in Nietzsche's philosophy?
Was the Nietzsche's work the main influential thing in how people thought about holistic health as both our mental and physical health? Could it be that it was the Nietzsche's Human all too human that ...
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Does the philosophy of “be yourself” come from the Nietzsche's philosophy?
I've recently watched the documentary about Nietzsche's life and philosophy Nietzsche: Beyond good and evil and I got that one of the main ideas in his philosophy is that people should spend their ...
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How can anyone who hasn't realised the truth claim that Mahatma Buddha or any other person in history realised the God or Truth?
Isn't it possible that whatever they have realised is just a psychological effect? Doing continuously hard practices leads to affect their mind and they tend to believe that, yes, this is the truth. ...
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Physicalism: If consciousness isn't an illusion, what's its nature? What are the best clues?
I'm asking very generally so I'm expecting very general answers. I've read the answers from the question: How can consciousness be an illusion? and I pretty much got understanding of how our brain ...
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To what extent are the concerns of philosophy divorced from those of real life? [closed]
There's a thread that asks whether the slogan "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is a valid argument. I'd like to have answered it, but couldn't because I don't have enough mojo here.
Yet ...
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How did philosophy react to empirical psychology when there have been disagreements?
The very first laboratory in psychology was developed by Wundt, a professor of philosophy, in late 1800s. And indeed the early psychology seemed very close to armchair philosophy. Freud's theories ...
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Does the idea of psychological egoism about only dignity make sense?
I understand that psychological egoism is the idea that everyone will always act in their own interest.
I gather that human dignity is the cornerstone of Kantian ethics.
I am kinda seriously leaning ...
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Opposite of individualism?
If a person was not an individualist, What action would he or she take, in response to setting someone getting hurt, or killed?
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Has the necessary philosophical work been done to ground Psychology as a legitimate science? [closed]
It seems that at the heart of modern Psychology there are certain assumptions about the uniformity of human behavior, structures within the mind and the existence of "mental illness" that would ...
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Before I self-actualize can I help people self-actualize, because that usually happens after a person self actualizes?
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Is there a form of euhemerism which claims myths can have historical events derived from them like a poetic?
Is there a form of euhemerism which claims myths can have historical events derived from them like a poetic?
I gather that the theory states that myth is a way of ordering chaotic human history. ...
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Why do some people lie? [closed]
Some people lie about such insignificant stuff, like what they had for lunch, or say that they were sleeping when they were actually watching TV. Why do they do this? Has this ever been studied, and ...
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What if the Accompanying Voice is internal and non-mystical, yet mistakenly is the basis for Religion? [closed]
Some small proportion of people (you know who you are) have an Accompanying Voice: an equal who converses with your "normal thought voice" whenever you have questions or problems that you cannot solve,...
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Why do philosophical questions arise?
I've been reading questions and answers in this site for a while, and I've come to the idea that philosophical questions arise mainly in a response to a psychological need, like having a cognitive ...
