Functionalism


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The Philosophy of Inte...
 
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F. Parkinson
The Division of Labor in Society
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Pragmatism, and four e...
 
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William James
The Principles of Psychology: Volume 1
The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science
The Social System
Philosophical Papers, Volume 3: Realism and Reason
Philosophical Papers, Volume 2: Mind, Language and Reality
Philosophical Papers, Volume 1: Mathematics, Matter and Method
Consciousness (Key Concepts in Philosophy)
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Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
Theory of Society, Volume 2 (Cultural Memory in the Present)
Theory of Society, Volume 1 (Cultural Memory in the Present)
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The System of Modern S...
 
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Talcott Parsons
“ To recognize the nature of nihilism, we see feces and death as the "dark side" of the mouth, and through that recognize life beyond the human perspective. Humans fear things that disturb them personally, and then assign to those things a universal status, like a monkey trying to convince a tribe that his enemy is its enemy. Escaping this is the essence of nihilism, or a reduction of all value except the inherent and holistic. "Disgusting" is not important; the function of the world and the human ...more ”
― Brett Stevens, Nihilism: A Philosophy Based In Nothingness And Eternity

Johan Wagemans
“ Psychology must attempt both to explain through laws of physics and to understand through context. These two modes of doing science are intrinsic to psychology, and each possesses its own distinct value. ”
― Johan Wagemans

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