Wisdom and Humanness in Psychology

by Evans, C. Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781573830652
• ISBN10: 1573830658
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Regent College Pub

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Can Psychology Be Christian?	11	(12)
The Dominant Paradigm in Psychology: Empiricism and Its Problems
Why Not Christian Psychology?
The Three Faces of Psychology	23	(22)
The Empirical Face of Psychology
The Interpretive Face of Psychology
The Critical Face of Psychology
The Interdependence of the Three Faces
The Hermeneutical Dimension of Empirical Psychology	45	(22)
Human Activity as Constituted by Meaning
Observing Meaningful Behavior
The Place of Meaning in Empirical Studies
Taking Meaning Seriously in Psychology	67	(20)
Introspection and Recollection
Psychology and Wisdom
The Contributions of Other Human Sciences
The Contributions of Literature
The Contributions of Philosophy
The Contribution of Christian Learning
Reflections on Meaning: Two Case Studies
Taking Values Seriously in Psychology	87	(22)
The Divorce of Facts and Values
What Is Value-Free Science?
Should All Concepts in Psychology Be Value-Free?
Do Facts Alone Determine Which Theories Should Be Held?
Reasons and Rationalizations: Evaluating the Other's Story
Taking Freedom Seriously in Psychology	109	(22)
The Significance of Freedom for Christian Psychology
The Nature of Determinism: Hard and Soft
The Nature of Freedom
Scientific Objections to Libertarianism
Hermeneutics and Freedom
Christian Psychology and Basic Assumptions
Christian Psychology: The Impossible Dream?	131	(14)
The Nature of Christian Psychology
Christian Psychology: Science or Ideology?
Hermeneutics and the Limits of Technique
A Future and a Hope
Suggestions for Additional Reading	145	(12)
Index	157