PPT-Functionalism

The Basics Functionalism is mainly associated with the work of two sociologists Emile Durkheim 18581917 and Talcott Parsons 19021979 Sociological theories always have to be understood in terms of the time in which they were developed. Introduction brPage 3br 2 A Suggestion of Contingency brPage 4br 3Wilsons Experiment brPage 5br brPage 6br brPage 7br brPage 8br brPage 9br 4 A NonExperimental Interlude 5 Gerards Experiment brPage 10br brPage 11br brPage 12br The first major American study of . Communication. Chicago School. Loose conglomeration of significant social thinkers with some relation to the University of Chicago. Concerned with the disintegration of traditional small town communities . Something is a . functional kind. only if, and because, it. . can be analyzed in terms of a causal role (e.g., something is an F only if, and because, it plays the F-role).. F is . realized by P in X . Part One: Building the Discipline. Evolutionism. AIM: Why did evolutionism fade away?. Evolutionism. Dominate intellectual perspective in the middle of the 19. th. century.. Evolutionism eventually overtaken by historical . G673. Odd One Out?. Learning Objectives. ÉMile. Durkheim (1858 – 1917). Theories of Crime & Deviance. Durkheim (1895). “Crime is . normal, inevitable . and . functional. ...a certain amount of crime is an integral part of all healthy societies...”. I, Robot. Mind as Software. McGraw-Hill. © 2013 McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved.. 2.3-. 2. Functionalism. According to . functionalism. , mental states are functional states.. To perform a function is to take a certain input and produce a certain output.. Sanatorium in Paimio: Psychological Functionalism Charlotte Jolly Architectural Theories and Concepts Fall 2014 Alvar Aalto’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium built from 1929-33 in Paimio, Finland, cont Culture. Outcomes:. Investigate various theoretical perspectives and viewpoints that attempt to explain culture. (e.g., structural functionalism, conflict, symbolic interactionism, feminism and post-modern). William Seager Philosophy Division of Humanities seager@utsc.utoronto.ca Copyright (c) William Seager 2001 http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v7/psyche-7-20-seager.html KEYWORDS: consciousness, valu network approach, INST 4200. David J Stucki. Spring 2017. Models of Mind. PHIL 3200 or PSYC 3710. What options did you discuss?. What kinds are there? How can we know?. Ontology vs. Epistemology. What do these mean?. Ontology. Anth. .). Structuralism (. Anth. .). Cultural Materialism (. Anth. .). Structural-Functionalism (Soc. .). Neo-Marxism (Soc. .). Symbolic Interaction (Soc.). Biological Perspective (Psych. .). Learning Perspective (Psych. How useful is functionalism?. Learning outcome – to have total mastery of functionalism at wizarding level 10 . Useful. Uses a straightforward analogy – organic analogy (Parsons) to explain how society is set up. Believed psychology should focus on the . adaptive purposefulness . of mental processes, rather than a static search for the . elements . of mental processes: ‘what is thought for’ rather than ‘what is thought made of’.