Theoretical Issues in Psychology : An Introduction

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ISBN: 9780761942016 | 0761942017
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/12/2006

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This thoroughly revised edition of the classic textbook explores a wide range of problems in psychology, philosophy, cognitive and brains sciences, identifying the major topics, debates, and controversies and presenting them in a balanced and accessible manner for students.

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Theory of Science for Psychology
Introduction
Knowledge, Everyday Knowledge and Science
Arguments, Laws, Theories, Models and Facts
Explanation and Understanding
Functional and Teleological Explanations
Reductionism, Supervenience and Strata
Reasons and Causes
Philosophy of Science for Psychology
Introduction
Scientific Methods and Rationality
Logical Positivism and Demarcation
Problems with the Standard View of Science
Demarcation - Popper
Demarcation Abandoned - Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend
Hermeneutics, Constructionism, Rhetoric
Problems of Realism and Relativism
Scientific Realism and Pragmatism
Sociology and Psychology of Science
Introduction
Ideology and Sociology of Knowledge
Critical Theory and the Sociology of Science
The Strong Programme in the Sociology of Knowledge
The Sociology of Scientific Practice
And What about a Psychology of Science?
Philosophy of Mind
Introduction
The Nature of Mind
The Explananda
Consciousness, Intentionality, Representation
The Orthodoxy
The Computational Theory of Mind
The Competition
Eliminativism and Connectionism
Other Views, Same Issues
Against Mechanistic Theories of Mind
Some Alternatives
Epilogue
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