William james, a prominent american psychologist and philosopher, focused on human interactions with the outside world to understand the purpose of thoughts. his view is known as?

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Mary Duke

4 March, 22:03

William james, a prominent american psychologist and philosopher, focused on human interactions with the outside world to understand the purpose of thoughts. his view is known as?

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Jermaine Cochran · Answer 1

His view is known as the functionalism. Functionalism is a hypothesis about the idea of mental states. As per functionalism, mental states are distinguished by what they do as opposed to by what they are made of. This can be comprehended by considering ancient rarities like mousetraps and keys.