Human Nature

20th-century psychology: Freud, Behaviorism, Cognitivism

Stephen Hicks discusses twentieth-century psychology, including Freud’s psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Cognitivism. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Behaviorist philosophy: Psychology and the progression of the sciences. Next: Two preconditions for a science of psychology. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Behaviorist philosophy: Psychology and the progression of the sciences

Stephen Hicks discusses behaviorist psychology in the context of the progressive development of the sciences in the modern world. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: [Part 9: Pragmatism] Pragmatic education. Next: 20th century psychology: Freud, Behaviorism, Cognitivism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the

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Cognition: theory and/or practice?

Stephen Hicks here discusses how different theories of human nature lead to different views of the relationship between cognition in theory and practice. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Physical education. Next: Sex education? Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main

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Integrationism

Stephen Hicks here discusses introduces the integrationist view of the mind-body relation and contrasts it to the dualist and reductive materialist views. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Reductive materialism. Next: Mottos and graphics. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main

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Mottos and graphics

To help understand dualism, reductive materialism, and integrationism, Stephen Hicks here offers three graphics and three mottos to concretize and contrast them. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Integrationism. Next: Reasons for and against dualism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org

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Reasons for and against dualism

Stephen Hicks here develops several arguments for and against dualism and its competitors, reductive materialism and integrationism. This is from Part 4 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-6: Previous: Mottos and graphics. Next: Implications for education: The “problem child.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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