Article: Yankee Micro Social Psychology Part I: Individualism and its Social Shadows - The subject of social psychology seems to be an oasis from the relentlessly individualist orientation of psychology. But in the US is the same old social contract theory foundation where the individual is thought to interact in a voluntary, accidental & incidental way with society. Yet there is opposition. While the work of social reference theory is not Marxist, it is deeply social in a way similar to the work of George Mead.
Article: Yankee Micro Social Psychology Part I: Individualism and its Social Shadows - The subject of social psychology seems to be an oasis from the relentlessly individualist orientation of psychology. But in the US is the same old social contract theory foundation where the individual is thought to interact in a voluntary, accidental & incidental way with society. Yet there is opposition. While the work of social reference theory is not Marxist, it is deeply social in a way similar to the work of George Mead.
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Orientation Developing a Marxist social psychology is a very important aspect of explaining what is going on within the individual in relation to society as well as what is going on in small group interactions between themselves. What we find when we examine social psychology in Yankeedom is what you might suspect, and that is
Grice’s analysis of human communication has proven to be highly influential among many philosophers and cognitive scientists, both past and present. At the same time, it has long been recognized that his analysis faces some difficult objections. In particular, a number of theorists have objected to the account Grice provides of the mental states and processes of those engaged in communication. For these theorists, communication as conceived of by Grice has seemed too mentally demanding and complex to be a good general model of human communication. In this article, I consider this challenge afresh from the perspective of Dan Dennett’s intentional stance theory. More specifically, I consider some recent remarks Dennett has made in this area, seeking to pin down and clarify his view. I then argue that while Dennett’s thinking is on the right track, his view stands in need of both a substantive adjustment and more positive detail. I seek to provide such improvements here. Finally, I