Hi Micheal, I would say that socio-historical-technical variables are not
universal, but the human tendency to react to them is.


Best,
A


Il dom 23 mag 2021, 19:58 Michael Mascolo <[log in to unmask]> ha
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> Andrea wrote:
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> If another human generation appeared in 300 hundred years from now, the
> same exact scientific laws will be discovered, as long as scientific method
> will be used.
>
>
> Perhaps!  But does this apply for *psychological* science?  To the extent
> that we are defined, in part, by our conceptions of who we are; and to the
> extent that those conceptions have their origins in
> cultural-historical-linguistic processes, then this is likely not to be the
> case.
>
> I genuinely human science, it seems to me, must embrace how we, in part,
> create ourselves through our immersion in culture.
>
> Who could have predicted that our children would define their identities
> and emotions through by the ways in which they exchange images meant to be
> exposed for just a few seconds on little handheld devices with people who
> are not in the same room during dinner?
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> M.
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> On May 23, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Andrea Zagaria <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi TOKers, I thought I would share with you a short clip by Ricky Gervais
> that brilliantly and concisely describes what Gregg calls "trascendental
> realism".
>
>
> Gervais explains that if all the scientific knowledge and data would
> immediately disappear (for example, imagine all book and all digital
> devices and all memorized formulas and laws being destroyed along with all
> human beings....). If another human generation appeared in 300 hundred
> years from now, the same exact scientific laws will be discovered, as long
> as scientific method will be used.
>
> Gregg uses the example of aliens, but I think that also this one is pretty
> intuitive and captivating.
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