Phenomenology And Psychological Science

by Ashworth, Peter D.; Chung, Man Cheung

• ISBN13: 9780387337609
• ISBN10: 0387337601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Phenomenological studies of human experience are a vital component of caring professions such as counseling and nursing, and qualitative research has had increasing acceptance in American psychology. At the same time, the debate continues over whether phenomenology is legitimate science, and whether qualitative approaches carry any empirical validity. Ashworth and Chung's Phenomenology and Psychological Science places phenomenology firmly in the context of psychological tradition. And to dispel the basic misconceptions surrounding this field, the editors and their seven collaborators trace the evolution of phenomenological philosophy (including the work of Sartre and Heidegger) and its parallel impact on psychological science, revealing key points of compatibility: The phenomenological roots of mainstream psychologyControversies within phenomenology on the nature of consciousnessExistentialist currents in contemporary psychologyThe value of qualitative methods in science-based practiceApplications of phenomenology in case conceptualization and therapyPossibilities for qualitative-based researchThe unique presentation of its subject makes this volume a source of considerable interest for readers involved in theoretical and historical psychology. It will also prove to be important reading for the professional or advanced student concerned with the search for meaning that unites philosophy and psychology.

Author Biography

Dr Peter Ashworth is a professor of educational research at Sheffield Hallam University. Throughout his professional life a special concern has been the development of psychological methods based on existential-phenomenological thinking. He chaired the 18th International Human Science Research Conference in 1999. His substantive research has been largely in education and health; he has published four books and over forty research papers. He is currently working on a critique of the GÇÿapproaches to study' literature in Higher Education and developing a phenomenological alternative which emphasises the personal life world of the student. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Dr Man Cheung Chung is a Reader of Psychology in the Clinical Psychology Teaching Unit, School of Applied Psychosocial Studies at the University of Plymouth. His research interests include philosophy of psychology and health/clinical psychology. He has published some 100 articles and chapters in the foregoing areas as well as on other diverse topics. In addition to the present book, he has also edited Psychoanalytic Knowledge with Colin Feltham (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), Psychology of Reasoning with Ken Manktelow (Psychology Press, 2004) and Reconceiving Schizophrenia with Bill Fulford and George Graham (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

Table of Contents

1. The Meeting Between Phenomenology and Psychology	1	(10)
Man Cheung Chung and Peter D. Ashworth
Initial Contact Between Phenomenology and Psychology	2	(3)
The Question of Phenomenological Psychological Method	5	(1)
Husserl's Transcendental Subjectivity	5	(1)
Heidegger's Critique and The Existentialist Turn	6	(2)
Boss and Daseinsanalysis and Contemporary Existentialists in Psychology	8	(1)
A Long Story	9	(1)
References	9	(2)
2. Introduction to the Place of Phenomenological Thinking in the History of Psychology	11	(34)
Peter D. Ashworth
The early Experimental Psychology of Experience	12	(2)
Early Twentieth Century Theoretical Ferment and the Emergence of Behaviorism	14	(3)
Husserl's Phenomenology	17	(7)
The Existentialist Critique of Husserl's Phenomenology	24	(4)
The Legacy of Husserl for Psychology	28	(1)
The Early Confluence with Gestalt Psychology	29	(3)
American "Psychological Phenomenology"	32	(4)
Contemporary Phenomenological Psychology	36	(5)
Conclusion	41	(1)
Note	42	(1)
References	42	(3)
3. The Value of Phenomenology for Psychology	45	(24)
Amedeo Giorgi
Introduction	45	(1)
The Phenomenological Approach to Consciousness	46	(8)
Psychology's Approach to Consciousness in the Founding Years	54	(6)
The Approach to Consciousness of the Functional School	60	(1)
James's Approach to the Phenomenon of Consciousness	61	(2)
The Approach to Consciousness on the Part of Act Psychology	63	(3)
Conclusion	66	(1)
Note	67	(1)
References	67	(2)
4. Can an Empirical Psychology Be Drawn from Husserl's Phenomenology?	69	(20)
Barbro Giorgi
Introduction	69	(2)
The Specific Procedures of the Method	71	(2)
How Phenomenological Concepts Guide the Research	73	(14)
Conclusion	87	(1)
References	87	(2)
5. Did Husserl Change His Mind?	89	(12)
Karin Dahlberg
Introduction	89	(1)
Phenomenology as "Going Back to Things Themselves"	90	(1)
Transcendental Phenomenology	91	(2)
Intentionality	93	(1)
Self Reflection and Self Awareness	94	(2)
Conclusions	96	(4)
Note	100	(1)
References	100	(1)
6. Husserl against Heidegger against Husserl	101	(22)
Paul S. MacDonald
Introduction	101	(9)
Five Foci of Critique	110	(10)
Summary	120	(1)
References	121	(2)
7. The Influence of Heidegger on Sartre's Existential Psychoanalysis	123	(24)
Miles Groth
Preliminaries	123	(1)
Sartre's Existential Psychoanalysis	124	(6)
Heidegger's Influence on Sartre's Existential Psychoanalysis	130	(4)
Heidegger and Sartre's Existential Psychoanalysis	134	(2)
Epilogue: Change	136	(1)
Notes	137	(6)
References	143	(4)
8. Medard Boss' Phenomenologically Based Psychopathology	147	(22)
F.A. Jenner
Personal Background	147	(2)
Historical Setting and Training of Medard Boss	149	(5)
Presumptions	154	(1)
Sigmund Freud's Impact on Medard Boss	155	(12)
Summary	167	(1)
References	167	(2)
9. Contemporary Existentialist Tendencies in Psychology	169	(28)
Stuart Hanscomb
How Existentialism and Psychology Meet	169	(19)
Methodology	188	(3)
Notes	191	(2)
References	193	(4)
10. Conclusion: Phenomenology and Psychological Science	197	(10)
Peter D. Ashworth and Man Cheung Chung
References	205	(2)
Name Index	207	(6)
Subject Index	213