We could define this choice as ethically founded, that is, as linked to the typically Peircean attribution of a strong ethical value to the scientific-experimental method.Ģ The ethical choice in favor of Peirce’s pragmatism seems to be confirmed as long as Calderoni identifies a third form of pragmatism, in addition to the Peircean and Jamesian versions. This controversy was one with his philosophical choice in favor of Peirce’s pragmatism. The main results of the research in the domain of the cognitive functions, such as learning, perception, consciousness, attention, memory, reasoning and intelligence, will be offered to understand how they contribute to the organisation and the development of the complex human cognitive structure.1 Calderoni’s pragmatism is characterized by a polemical stance towards some important William James’s theses. Starting with an introductory analysis of the historical reasons that led Psychology become an experimental science, the course will then focus on the epistemological and methodological differences characterizing Psychology as an experimental science as compared to other humanistic disciplines. In this way students will have the opportunity to understand these processes, by comparing and integrating them with the methodologies, theories and models historically and currently used in Cognitive Science research. There will be presented the main topics dealt by experimental psychology, like perception, attention, memory, reasoning, learning.

The course is aimed to provide students with basic knowledge about Psychology within the general framework of Cognitive Sciences.

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