Logic, Syntax, and a Structural View - The Psychology of Trump's Hall of Mirrors (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book presents a new structural approach to the psychology of the person, inspired by Kenneth Colby's computer-generated simulation, PARRY. The simulation was of a paranoid psychological state, represented in forms of the person's logic and syntax, as these would be evidenced in personal communication. Harwood Fisher uses a Structural View to highlight similarities in the logical form of the linguistic representations of Donald Trump, his avid followers ("Trumpers"), and the paranoid-referred to as "The Trio." He demonstrates how the Structural View forms a series of logical and schematic patterns, similar to the way that content analysis can bring forth associations meanings, and concepts held in the text. Such comparisons, Fisher argues, can be used to shed light on contingencies for presenting, representing, and judging truth. Specifically, Fisher posits that the major syntactic and logical patterns that were used to produce the computer-generated "paranoid" responses in Colby's project can be used to analyze Donald Trump's rhetoric and his followers' reactions to it. Ultimately, Fisher offers a new kind of structural approach for the philosophy of psychology. This novel work will appeal to students and scholars of social and cognitive psychology, psychology of personality, psychiatric classification, psycholinguistics, rhetoric, and computer science.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Harwood Fisher
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	167
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-060880-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Promotions
LSN:	3-03-060880-8
Barcode:	9783030608804

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