Theoretical issues in psychology : an introduction

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Author:

Bem, Sacha, 1940-

ISBN:

9780857029782

9780857029799

Personal Author:

Bem, Sacha, 1940-

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

London : Sage publications, 2013.

Physical Description:

xi, 400 pages . ; 23 cm

Contents:

1. Science: Why, and How? Some Basic Ideas in Scientific Method -- 1.1. Introduction: Why Science? -- 1.2. Knowledge: Realism and Idealism (Relativism), Common Sense and Science -- 1.3. Arguments: Deduction, Induction, Abduction -- 1.4. Laws, Theories, Models and Causes -- 1.5. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 2. Kind of Explanations: Laws, Interpretations and Functions -- 2.1. Introduction: Modes of Explanation: Nomological, Hermeneutical, Functional -- 2.2. Nomological Explanation: The Classical View and its Problems -- 2.3. Hermeneutic Understanding: An Alternative to Nomological Explanation -- 2.4. Functional and Teleological Explanation -- 2.5.A New Development in Functional Explanation: Mechanistic Explanation -- 2.6. Reduction and Levels of Explanation -- 2.7. Conclusion: The Multiplicity of Explanation -- Further Reading -- 3. Philosophy of Science (1): Logical Positivism and its Failure.

3.1. Introduction: Scientific Methods, Objectivity and Rationality -- 3.2. Logical Positivism and Demarcation -- 3.3. Wittgenstein's Volte-Face -- 3.4. The Impossibility of Logical Empiricism: Observation and Theory -- 3.5. Further Trouble for Logical Positivism: Holism, Underdetermination, and Theory-Ladenness -- 3.6. Demarcation Revived -- Popper -- 3.7. Demarcation Abandoned: Kuhn on Paradigms and Scientific Revolutions -- 3.8. Rational Reconstruction and Methodological Anarchism: Lakatos and Feyerabend -- 3.9. Since Kuhn: Post-Positivism in a Nutshell -- 3.10. Conclusion: The Moral on Demarcation -- Further Reading -- 4. Philosophy of Science (2): Criticism and Alternatives to Positivism -- 4.1. Introduction: Doubts about Objectivity -- 4.2. Hermeneutics: History and Language, Understanding and Interpretation -- 4.3. Social Constructionism -- 4.4. Rhetoric, Discursive Psychology and Psychology as Criticism -- 4.5. Problems of Realism and Relativism.

4.6. Revisions of Realism: Knocking the Rough Edges Off -- 4.7. Pragmatism: Between Realism and Relativism -- 4.8. Conclusion: Salvaging Objective Knowledge -- Further Reading -- 5. Sociology and Psychology of Science -- 5.1. Introduction: Science as a Human Activity -- 5.2. Ideology and the Critical Theory -- 5.3. Social History of Science -- 5.4. The Social Character of Scientific Knowledge and the Strong Programme -- 5.5. The Sociology of Scientific Practice -- 5.6. The Sc̀ience Wars' -- 5.7. Psychology of Science: Cognitive Origins of Science -- 5.8. Conclusion: The Social and Psychological Nature of Scientific Knowledge -- Further Reading -- 6. Introducing Philosophy of Mind, Brain and Cognition -- 6.1. Introduction: What is Mind? -- 6.2. Traditional Views on the Nature of Mind: Dualism, Materialism, Behaviourism -- 6.3. Aspects of Mind: Intelligence and Consciousness -- 6.4. Intentionality: Another Aspect of Mind -- 6.5. Various Interpretations of Intentionality.

6.6. Folk Psychology, Intentionality and Mind-reading -- 6.7. Mental Causation -- 6.8. Three Perspectives on Mind and Brain: Multiplicity of Explanations -- 6.9. Conclusion: Explanations in the Study of Mind, Brain and Agency -- Further Reading -- 7. Modern Approaches to Mind (1): The Language-based View: Functionalism and the Computational Theory of Mind -- 7.1. Introduction: The Origins of Computationalism -- 7.2. Functionalism, Multiple Realization and the Autonomy of Cognitive Science -- 7.3.Computation and Formal Languages -- 7.4. The Computational Theory of Mind: Representations, Symbols, Meaning and Intentionality -- 7.5. Artificial Intelligence and the Idea of a Physical Symbol System -- 7.6. Conclusion: Classical Computationalism in Trouble -- Further Reading -- 8. Modern Approaches to Mind (2): The Brain-based View: Neurophilosophy, Connectionism and Dynamicism -- 8.1. Introduction: An Alternative View on Mind -- 8.2. Symbols versus Networks.

8.3. The Third Contender: Dynamicism, Representations Abandoned? -- 8.4. Neurophilosophy and Naturalism -- 8.5. Folk Psychology: Vindicated or Eliminated? -- 8.6. Conclusion: Three Views of Mind: Symbols, Networks or Dynamic Systems? -- Further Reading -- 9. The Extended Mind: Biology, Body, and Environment -- 9.1. Introduction: Out of Our Heads -- 9.2. Evolutionary Psychology: Adaptations as Explanations -- 9.3.A-Life: Life from the Bottom Up -- 9.4. Mind in Action: Uniting Brain, Body and World -- 9.5. The Body in the Mind -- 9.6. Beyond the Individual Mind: Cultural and Linguistic Origins -- 9.7. Conclusion and a Note on Methods -- Further Reading -- 10. Consciousness and Free Will -- 10.1. Consciousness and Qualia -- 10.2. Mentalistic and Naturalistic Theories on Consciousness -- 10.3.A Tentative Definition: The External and Internal Perspective -- 10.4. Phenomenal Consciousness -- 10.5. Brainwork Organization.

10.6. Searching for the Neural Correlate of Consciousness -- 10.7. Problems for the Idea of Correlation -- 10.8. Is Consciousness Nothing but Brainworks? -- 10.9. To Sum Up: If Consciousness is not an Illusion -- 10.10. Free Will, Determinism and Responsibility -- 10.11. Dennett's Naturalistic Account -- 10.12. Free Will, Consciousness and Self-Regulation -- 10.13. Conclusion: Consciousness, Free Will and Conscious Control -- Further Reading.

Subject Term:

Psychology.

Added Author:

Looren de Jong, Huibert.

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Bem and de Jong present complex ideas in an accessible manner. Theoretical Issues in Psychology gives undergraduate psychology students all the resources they need to begin reflecting on the most pressing conceptual issues in their discipline. - Stuart Wilson, Queen Margaret University The 3rd edition of Theoretical Issues in Psychology provides an authoritative overview of the conceptual issues in psychology which introduces the underlying philosophies that underpin them. It includes new insights across the philosophy of science combined with increased psychological coverage to show clearly how these two communities interrelate, ensuring an integrative understanding of the fundamental debates and how they link to your wider studies. Key features of this new edition include: Concise paragraphs, multiple examples and additional summaries throughout to help you focus on key areas of knowledge. Textboxes with definitions and key concepts to help your understanding of the main debates and ideas. New content on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognition and cognitive neuroscience. New up-to-date material on consciousness and evolutionary psychology. For lecturers and teachers, PowerPoint slides are available for each chapter.

Sacha Bem & Huib Looren de Jong′s textbook remains essential for students taking courses in conceptual and historical issues in psychology, the philosophy of psychology or theoretical psychology.