Psychology 3950F/G Lecture Notes - Teaching Philosophy, Computer Data Storage, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3950F/G
• Professor: Albert N Katz

Document Summary

1865-66 joins agassiz expedition to brazil, gets smallpox, returns home & illness recurs throughout life. 1870s metaphysical club = group of men who get together to debate the virtues of positivism, rationalism and eventually pragmatism. Begins teaching philosophy and has many important publications before his death. Pragmatism: to have a belief is to have certain rules for action. He had worn himself out his wife has its own set of practical consequences. The meaning of a thought is said to be whatever course of action necessarily follow it. In metaphysical disputes b/w false and true notions, the dispute must be settled by considering the practical consequences of the two notions. >> any two notions that can be shown to have identical practical consequences are shown to be identical notions. Whenever a dispute is serious, we ought to be able to show some practical difference that must follow from one side or the other"s being right .