A doctrine developed primarily by the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) and the English psychologist David Hartley (1705-1757). (Psychology and philosophy of mind were not then distinguished, but Hartley offered a physiological basis for what in Hume was a purely mentalistic doctrine.)
Ideas, regarded rather as sensations or as mental images, were associated in the mind according to certain laws, mainly concerning contiguity and resemblance, and thereby led to further ideas, and to the functioning of mental life in general.
The doctrine had analogies to physical theories whereby physical atoms moved under the influence of physical laws like that of gravitation. Eventually it came to be rejected – for example, by Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924) and Henri L Bergson (1859-1941) – because such psychological ‘atoms’ are not in fact to be found and the proposed mechanism was far too simplistic; also, it was not always clear whether contiguity and resemblance apply to the ideas themselves or to the things they are of.
Associationism is also called ‘association of ideas’, a phrase apparently due to the English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
The doctrine, however, has far older roots, going back to Greek thought and even to primitive ‘sympathetic’ magic. An allied modern doctrine is that of the conditioned reflex.
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Associationism
- 2.2 Associationism and the Literary Imagination, 1739-1939: Associationism and the Literary Imagination: From the Phantasmal Chaos
- 2.3 The Harbinger and New England Transcendentalism: A Portrait of Associationism in America
- 2.4 The Case for Independent Baptist Churches
- 2.5 High Victorian Gothic: A Study in Associationism (The Johns Hopkins studies in nineteenth-century architecture)
- 2.6 Associationism, Leadership and Press of Spaniards in the Batllist Uruguay (1908-1930)
- 2.7 ARCHIMEDES’ RETURN: THE POWER OF IMAGINATION ON THE STREETS
- 2.8 The Town Butler #Associationism - A Nice Comfortable Adjustable Hashtag Dad Hat Cap, Orange, One Size
- 2.9 got associationism? - 8oz Hip Drinking Alcohol Flask
- 2.10 #associationism - 11oz Ceramic Colored Rim & Handle Coffee Mug, Red
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Associationism and the Literary Imagination, 1739-1939: Associationism and the Literary Imagination: From the Phantasmal Chaos
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Hardcover Book
- Craig, Cairns (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 336 Pages - 06/19/2007 (Publication Date) - Edinburgh University Press (Publisher)
The Harbinger and New England Transcendentalism: A Portrait of Associationism in America
- Hardcover Book
- Delano, Sterling F. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 224 Pages - 12/01/1983 (Publication Date) - Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr (Publisher)
The Case for Independent Baptist Churches
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Moser Jr, M.L. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 92 Pages - 07/19/2012 (Publication Date) - Challenge Press (Publisher)
High Victorian Gothic: A Study in Associationism (The Johns Hopkins studies in nineteenth-century architecture)
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Hardcover Book
- Hersey, Professor George L. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 254 Pages - 07/01/1972 (Publication Date) - The Johns Hopkins University Press (Publisher)
Associationism, Leadership and Press of Spaniards in the Batllist Uruguay (1908-1930)
- Navarro Azcue, Concepción (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 204 Pages - 11/17/2017 (Publication Date) - GlobalSouth Press (Publisher)
ARCHIMEDES’ RETURN: THE POWER OF IMAGINATION ON THE STREETS
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- DE LA RASILLA, LUIS (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 41 Pages - 03/30/2016 (Publication Date) - PROYECTOINTERSUR.ORG (Publisher)
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