Sorry for the late response, no, I was not
familiar with the New Realists. I guess you mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_realism_(philosophy)
After nearly 100 years, the "new realism" from
James' scholars (Holt, Perry, et al.) seems to have
become a bit old, some of their ideas seem to be
obvious today, but others are still interesting
and seem to be worth studying. The very fact that
they belong to the generation of the founders of
modern Psychology makes them interesting.
-J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Emotions as Adaptation
Jochen,
Are you at all familiar with the New Realists, a group of James' students
and associates who wrote a manifesto in 1914 which took of from James in
the direction of direct realism.
They spawned two of the most famous American pyschologists, James Gibson
and Edward Tolman.
n
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([email protected])
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe]
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