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.  

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