Theoretical Issues in Psychology : An Introduction

by Sacha Bem

• ISBN13: 9780761942016
• ISBN10: 0761942017
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-12
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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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