Violence and Ecology

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ID12439461
AuthorsFritz Heider (University of Kansas, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume11
Issue1
Pages9-15
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePeace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-1919 • E-ISSN: 1532-7949
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1207/s15327949pac1101_2
OpenAlexW2038280473
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

Rather than being fascinated with dark corners of the unconscious and irrational, Fritz Heider felt more comfortable in the light of reasonable thought. In this short essay, published here for the first time, Heider points out links between human attitudes and emotions, cognitive structures underlying human perception, and the structure of the external Our cognitive structures evolved by adapting to external reality, rather than as distortions of the human psyche. Heider was concerned with both sides of the isomorphism of the structure of the mind and the structure of the world. However, the underlying coordination, between the structure of human cognition, reality, and the light of reasonable thought does not mean that Heider's is a cool, serene psychology. To the contrary, warm, emotional experience was fundamental to him. Heider's essay on violence and ecology is a good example of how his overarching philosophical concerns shed light on the etiology of strong human emotions and experie

Cognition · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Irrational number · Perception · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy · Ecology

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