I strongly support Darcia's point of view. I think that we use a person's name as a hook on which to hang the illusion of consistency across situations and across time. Neither is accurate. One clinical observation is how anxiety problems sometimes resolve over decades. We don't observe that because we assume that any important changes will take place in 12 sessions, or some brief time.In another example, I'm working with a person who was ritualistically abused, but is now 60 and has done a lot of work. Her issues are not mostly those of abuse, but the ordinary problems of growing and adapting to life. Jeffery Smith On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Darcia Narvaez <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Steve! > > The critiques of contextualism seem weak to me. They don't take into > account developmental differences and changes through the lifespan (where > some characteristics may be consistent for a time and then shift as the > dynamism of development continues). > > Further, the implicit assumption of the critique assumes that one can > measure meaningful consistencies across time--sure but they are veneers of > the dynamism of being a human being (unless a person has been toxically > stressed/traumatized and oppressed into being robotic and rigid). Lots of > information is lost in trying to categorize things one way or another. > > Social cognitive theory of personality offers at least a remedy to > thinking about personality consistency: rather than a trait carried > situation to situation (as trait theory tends to assume), there is a > consistent personality signature in a person by context variability across > situations (e.g., extrovert with family, introvert at work). > > But a virtuous person responds to each situation appropriately (e.g., with > compassion and egolessness). Each situation is different so behavior is > different each time. Holistic virtue cannot be measured in a controlled > manner, since every situation is different and requires different > skills/responses appropriate at that moment. > > Darcia > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 9:03 AM, nysa71 <000000c289d6ba14-dmarc- > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> So would Heraclitus be an example of a Contextualist considering quotes >> like: >> >> "You could not step twice into the same river." >> >> "Everything changes and nothing stands still." >> >> "All entities move and nothing remains still." >> >> ? >> >> ~ Jason Bessey >> >> On Sunday, January 28, 2018, 10:28:02 PM EST, Steven Quackenbush < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >> Hello ToK Community, >> >> Attached is the penultimate episode of *Stephen Pepper's World >> Hypotheses*. >> Included as a special bonus feature is an optional "deleted scene"! >> >> ~ Steve Q. >> >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the >> following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bi >> n/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the >> following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bi >> n/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >> > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Darcia Narvaez (DAR-sha narv-EYES) > Professor of Psychology, 118 Haggar Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN 46556 USA > > [log in to unmask], 574-631-7835 > > *My University Website > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nd.edu_-257Ednarvaez&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=n5LYkYzbiybq9SemSAXsxIPACVQ-klEZPhw8HyRLxK0&e=> > * > > Also see DarciaNarvaez.com > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__DarciaNarvaez.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=p7foFfg68xrfNSYgkQwgLRBwjhUKd67zypLuXBNj3Dc&e=> > > Blog at Psychology Today: Moral Landscapes > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_blog_moral-2Dlandscapes&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=ykvCyORl35n6Sf86Y2OwwN8IGuizLmKK57A-TFgKm8I&e=> > Former Editor, Journal of Moral Education > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.tandfonline.com_toc_cjme20_current&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=BkZPnViQwWOoamn_v1azgE0AYMRgnnVLWuZC8EtYx-E&e=> > > Interviews and Podcasts <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www3.nd.edu_-257Ednarvaez_OtherMedia.htm&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=bj0TZXBECfrGqpC-yJiiEYDQMp0_SjqHmvYanbvPKkE&e=> > > BOOKS: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.oup.com_us_catalog_general_subject_Psychology_Developmental_-3Fview-3Dusa-26sf-3Dtoc-26ci-3D9780199755059&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=GphxmFhtevWmss6e0Onb-7fjGSfN_p1dLiek2YsJNdY&e=> > Embodied Morality: Protectionism, Engagement and Imagination <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.palgrave.com_us_book_9781137553980&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=pQmEIj4qhG5sGwCg0llzMR86piWuybeCfhDVn9XBvGs&e=> (Palgrave-Macmillan) > Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__books.wwnorton.com_books_Author.aspx-3Fid-3D4294978774&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=qH0DCADSw954-MFcxPrMXEtGnrq06HiiNo26vuCaGSc&s=9x0f6DYPh11sO6CVUCq4FPv-TIuXaHUjDKii0vtaR5k&e=> (Norton; 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