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- adjective Of or pertaining to
psychologism .
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Examples
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The same argument can be run against the psychologistic conflation of
Platonism in Metaphysics Balaguer, Mark 2009
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Since the early seventies, almost all mainstream work on practical reasoning has been psychologistic in this sense; a representative example might be Michael Smith's argument for the
Practical Reason and the Structure of Actions Millgram, Elijah 2009
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For example, he goes on to claim at various points that methodological individualism commits him to psychologistic reductionism with respect to sociology (although he does not offer an argument for this claim).
Methodological Individualism Heath, Joseph 2009
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More specifically, they're supposed to show that the psychologistic semantics of mathematical discourse is not correct because it has consequences that fly in the face of the actual usage of mathematical language.
Platonism in Metaphysics Balaguer, Mark 2009
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In the practical analog of this move, when you look outward, away from the beliefs and desires that preoccupy psychologistic theorists, what you find are actions, the external products of any successful deployment of practical reasons.
Practical Reason and the Structure of Actions Millgram, Elijah 2009
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(Williams 1995, which gives a still-psychologistic example: the alcoholic has a reason to lock up his liquor cabinet and throw away the key; the virtuous person does not; the explanation is that their characters rather than their desires differ.)
Practical Reason and the Structure of Actions Millgram, Elijah 2009
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Her first performances, inspired by the cinematic works of Fellini, Godard and Buñuel, were influenced by their psychologistic ideas and unique visual conceptions.
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So, and in contrast to Vogler's view, Korsgaard's theory of practical rationality is psychologistic.
Practical Reason and the Structure of Actions Millgram, Elijah 2009
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The present point is simply that the philosophical motivations of the work being surveyed vary; the contrast between psychologistic and antipsychologistic approaches to practical reasoning is not the only, or even the most important dimension of variation.
Practical Reason and the Structure of Actions Millgram, Elijah 2009
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This psychologistic narrative of maturation allowed for a schematic, even mechanical representation of transatlantic cultural relations.
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