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James Mark Baldwin left a legacy that has yet to be fully
examined, one with profound implications for science and the
humanities. In some sense it paralleled that of his friend Charles
Sanders Peirce, whose semiotics became understood only a century
later. Baldwin was trying to make sense of complex biological and
social processes which only now have come into the limelight as
biological sciences, and slowly but surely, have re-emerged in
psychology.
Baldwin's focus on development, based on the observation of his
own children and extrapolated to his general theoretical scheme, is
fully in line with where our contemporary biological sciences are
heading. This is exemplified by the bounded flexibility of the work
of the genetic system. The general principle of persistent
exploration of the environment with the result of creating novelty,
which was the core of Baldwin's theoretical system, has since the
1960s become the guiding idea in genetics. Contemporary
developmental science is rooted in Baldwin's thinking.
In his new introduction, Jaan Valsiner shows that Baldwin's
Genetic Theory of Reality demonstrates how human beings are in
their nature social beings, establishes an alternative
conceptualization of evolutionary theory, and formulates a system
of developmental logic, all of which serve as the foundation for
developmental psychology as a whole. This is a work of social
science rediscovery long overdue.
James Mark Baldwin left a legacy that has yet to be fully examined,
one with profound implications for science and the humanities. In
some sense it paralleled that of his friend Charles Sanders Peirce,
whose semiotics became understood only a century later. Baldwin was
trying to make sense of complex biological and social processes
that only now have come into the limelight as biological sciences
have re-emerged in psychology. Baldwin's focus on development,
based on the observation of his own children and extrapolated to
his general theoretical scheme, is fully in line with where
contemporary biological sciences are heading. This is exemplified
by the bounded flexibility of the work of the genetic system. The
general principle of persistent exploration of the environment with
the result of creating novelty, which was the core of Baldwin's
theoretical system, has since the 1960s become the guiding idea in
genetics. Contemporary developmental science is rooted in Baldwin's
thinking. In his new introduction, Jaan Valsiner shows that
Baldwin's Genetic Theory of Reality demonstrates how human beings
are in their nature social beings, establishes an alternative
conceptualization of evolutionary theory, and formulates a system
of developmental logic, all of which serve as the foundation for
developmental psychology as a whole. This is a work of social
science rediscovery long overdue.
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Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology - Including Many of the Principal Conceptions of Ethics, Logic, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion, Mental Pathology, Anthropology, Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Economics, Political and Social Philosophy, Philolog (Hardcover)
James Mark Baldwin
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Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology - Including Many of the Principal Conceptions of Ethics, Logic, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion, Mental Pathology, Anthropology, Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Economics, Political and Social Philosophy, Philolog (Paperback)
James Mark Baldwin
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R995
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Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology; Including Many of the Principal Conceptions of Ethics, Logic, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion, Mental Pathology, Anthropology, Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Economics, Political and Social Philosophy, Philolog (Hardcover)
James Mark Baldwin
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Alterations of Personality
Alfred Binet, Helen Hayes Green Baldwin, James Mark Baldwin
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