Inheritance And Transcendence Of The Second Generation Of Cognitive Science To Traditional Functionalist Psychology

Based on the systematic review of previous studies,this article examines the background and basic connotation of the second generation of cognitive science,explores the inheritance and transcendence between the second generation of cognitive science and the functionalist psychology tradition,and evaluates the merits and demerits of second generation of cognitive science in the expansion of the functionalist psychology tradition.This article's investigation of the second-generation cognitive science and its relationship with functionalist traditions is to clarify the development context of psychology,understand the essence of the second-generation cognitive science thought as an important frontier of psychology,and then do a good job in the discipline construction of psychology.All have important theoretical and practical significance.The second generation of cognitive science was born in the contradictory movement within psychology to solve the crisis of the first generation of cognitive science.Its production is deeply influenced by philosophical thoughts such as phenomenology and pragmatism,as well as scientific and cultural achievements.On this basis,the second generation of cognitive science has changed its research standpoint,and has new perspectives on cognition,methodology and theoretical construction,forming the research theme of "4E" cognition and the methodology of "one guide and multiple",the theoretical results with distinctive system and characteristics.Under the influence of the spirit of pragmatism,the second generation of cognitive science inherits the traditional features of functionalist psychology,such as the emphasis on mental function,the attention to individual differences,and the pursuit of applied psychology in psychological research.At the same time,in terms of the essence of cognition,the understanding of the connotation of function and the cognitive mechanism,it has clearly surpassed the tradition of functionalism,overcome the shortcomings of the traditional functionalist,and made psychological research from facing nature to taking into account both nature and life.As a hot and frontier in contemporary psychology,the second generation of cognitive science has an important contribution to the development of psychology,but the development of psychology in the future should be based on Marx's dialectical materialism development view,the integrated vision of psychology and the "four-dimensional one" "The concept of psychological essence",which not only studies the function of psychology but also pays attention to the structure of psychology.While emphasizing the applied research of psychology,the basic research is carried out reasonably,so that the scientism methodology and the humanism methodology can find their own appropriateness in psychological research.