Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology (1922) - Part 3: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology (1922) - Part 3, credited to John Dewey, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology (1922) - Part 3 by John Dewey. Read in English by William Allan Jones John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science (with rules and predictive power) as Biology and Chemistry. This project encompasses Part 3 of 4 of his book Human Nature and Conduct. Part 3: THE PLACE OF INTELLIGENCE IN CONDUCT Dewey's uses the words "HABIT" and "Impulse" as a specialized catch-all words to describe how a person and his/her objective environment interact. This interaction is the basis for moral and ethical judgements. Dewey writes: "All habits are demands for certain kinds of activity; and they constitute the self.” In other places he also asserts that "Habits are Will." ~ Summary by William Jones, Soloist - Summary by ~ William Jones

Recording facts

• Recording title: Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology (1922) - Part 3
• Author credits: John Dewey
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 3:52:54

Track guide

1. 01 - Ch1. HABIT AND INTELLIGENCE: Habits and intellect; mind, habit and impulse. — 20:40
2. 02 - Ch2. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THINKING:The trinity of intellect; conscience and its alleged separate subject-matter. — 17:55
3. 03 - Ch3. THE NATURE OF DELIBERATION: Deliberation as imaginative rehearsal; preference and choice; strife of reason and passion; nature of reason. — 23:09
4. 04 - Ch4. DELIBERATION AND CALCULATION: Error in utilitarian theory; place of the pleasant; hedonistic calculus; deliberation and prediction. — 22:47
5. 05 - Ch5. THE UNIQUENESS OF GOOD: Fallacy of a single good; applied to utilitarianism; profit and personality; means and ends. — 28:23
6. 06 - Ch6. THE NATURE OF AIMS:Theory of final ends; aims as directive means; ends as justifying means; meaning well as an aim; wishes and aims. — 32:36
7. 07 - Ch7. THE NATURE OF PRINCIPLES: Desire for certainty; morals and probabilities; importance of generalizations. — 22:42
8. 08 - Ch8. DESIRE AND INTELLIGENCE: Object and consequence of desire; desire and quiescence; self-deception in desire; desire needs intelligence; nature of idealism; living in the ideal. — 37:17
9. 09 - Ch9. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE: Subordination of activity to result; control of future; production and consummation; idealism and distant goals. — 27:25

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