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Andrea and All:
Andrea wrote:
############################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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On May 23, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Andrea Zagaria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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.
Best,A
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