What Was American Functionalist Psychology?

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A short history of the origins of American Functionalist Psychology, from Chauncey Wright, through William James and John Dewey, to James Rowland Angell (~1870 to ~1910).

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  • nice!

  • @micxyzify

    Thanks!

  • why american. your overly proud of america

  • No, actually I'm in Canada. It is "American Functionalism" because it was a form of functionalism (the term has been used many times by many movements in many sciences) that originated in the US. The main thing I wished to distinguish it from was "computational functionalism" which was (is?) an unrelated late-20th-century movement in cognitive science.

  • Great Video. Its a nice explanation of Functionalism and its roots in Darwinism.

    I especially liked the part about connecting the Metaphysical Club to Darwin via Chauncey Wright

    One question I've had for a long time is why they called their group the Metaphysical Club when they seemed to care very little about Metaphysics.

    Keep the videos coming.

  • It was a bit of a joke among the members precisely because they were all rather suspicious of traditional (Idealist) metaphysics.

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  • Great! I'm teaching on this today in my psych 101 class. I like the bat in the background of some of the scenes lol. Only suggestion would be to use a tripod so it doesn't bounce.

  • thank for the information and the video , i have read it in my test books and you made more clear for mi^^

  • Why American? What do Pierce, Dewey, Baldwin, James, etc... all have in common?

  • great video, thank you! you help me to understand American Functionalist Psychology.

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