psychologism
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- noun
- /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪzəm/
- Specialized
- In his famous rejection of "psychologism," the founding father of modern logic Gottlob Frege claims that the subject matter of philosophy as true science is concerned with truth-value analysis of propositions.
- function of psychologism
Examples
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Psychologism allows us to interpret literary characters based on their psychological motivations and experiences.
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Through psychologism, the very logic of representation is subjected to the logic of expression.
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The function of psychologism can be seen at work in the European novel's first monumental achievement, Don Quixote.
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The same psychologism informs the article by Lagerroth but is more directly applied to Lagerlof as a historical person.
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What, if any, tentative conclusions and generalizations could be drawn from this discussion and these examples of psychologism in literature and literary criticism?
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The long tradition of biographical criticism, as founded on the principle of psychologism, should be understood not as an arbitrary critical convention, but one that naturally emerged as an imaginary supplement to the novel.
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The theory of psychologism suggests that our understanding of concepts is heavily influenced by our emotional states.
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In discussing psychologism, the author argues that psychological factors are essential for analyzing social behaviors.
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychologism = psychology (semi-transparent) = psycho + log + ism
The word is built on the base "psychology" plus "-ism", but its specialized philosophical sense is not fully predictable for a learner.
Etymology
Psychologism comes from the root psych- meaning 'mind', the same root as psychology. The ending -ism means 'belief', so psychologism is the idea of explaining ideas or facts by how the mind works.