Philosophy as a virtue for command
an analysis of the impact of William James’ thought on captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation
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https://doi.org/10.36592/opiniaofilosofica.v15n2.1135Keywords:
Pragmatism, Empiricism, Social Imaginary, Leadership, William James, Star TrekAbstract
Fiction has served an educational function since the dawn of humanity, symbolically representing the main values ??of its cultures of origin, and stimulated as a mirror through which the individual is invited to reflect on himself and on the world around him, as he sees in the characters and their stories aspects present in his own life. In this context, this article seeks, from an analysis of the character of Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of the starship Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, to explore the philosophical substrate behind the main ideals identified in his conduct, having as a starting point the thought of the American philosopher and psychologist William James, with the aim of demonstrating the parallels between the fictional man and the pragmatist thinker. We conclude, from this process, that it is possible to argue in favor of this relationship, since several aspects of James' philosophy are also found in the captain's thought.
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