Philosophy of Psychology

26.05.1987

Englisch

9780387964423

Springer US

Nein

Mario Bunge

327

Gebundene Ausgabe

perception, philosophy, brain, educational psychology, psychology, cognition, biology, memory, psychiatry

JM - Psychologie

I Preliminaries.- 1 Why Philosophy of Psychology.- 1.1 Influence of Philosophy on Psychology.- 1.2 Philosophies of Mind.- 1.3 The Identity Hypotheses.- 1.4 Philosophical Presuppositions of Scientific Research.- 1.5 Philosophies of Psychology.- 1.6 Summing Up.- 2 What Psychology is About.- 2.1 Definitions of Psychology.- 2.2 Referents of Psychology.- 2.3 The Fragmentation of Psychology and How to Remedy It.- 2.4 Unification in Action.- 2.5 Aims of Psychology.- 2.6 Summing Up.- II Approach and Method.- 3 Approaches to Behavior and Mind.- 3.1 Approach.- 3.2 Atomism, Holism, and Systemism.- 3.3 Nonscientific Approaches to Psychology.- 3.4 Toward a Scientific Psychology.- 3.5 Scientific Psychology.- 3.6 Summing Up.- 4 Methodology.- 4.1 Method.- 4.2 Observation.- 4.3 Measurement.- 4.4 Experiment.- 4.5 Inference.- 4.6 Summing Up.- III Brainless Psychology.- 5 Mentalism.- 5.1 Subjective Experience.- 5.2 Classical Psychology.- 5.3 Gestalt Psychology.- 5.4 Information-Processing Psychology.- 5.5 Pop Psychology.- 5.6 Summing Up.- 6 Behaviorism.- 6.1 Phenomenalism (Black-Boxism).- 6.2 Environmentalism.- 6.3 Operationism.- 6.4 Intervening Variables.- 6.5 Hypothetical Constructs.- 6.6 Summing Up.- IV Biopsychology.- 7 Neurobiology.- 7.1 Brain & Co.- 7.2 Plasticity.- 7.3 Development.- 7.4 Evolution.- 7.5 Functional Localization.- 7.6 Summing Up.- 8 Basic Functions.- 8.1 Movement.- 8.2 Affect.- 8.3 Sensation.- 8.4 Attention.- 8.5 Memory.- 8.6 Summing Up.- 9 Higher Functions.- 9.1 Learning.- 9.2 Perception.- 9.3 Conception.- 9.4 Cognition.- 9.5 Intention.- 9.6 Summing Up.- V The Social Aspect.- 10 The Social Matrix of Behavior.- 10.1 Psychology: Natural Science or Social Science?.- 10.2 Culture.- 10.3 Social Classes.- 10.4 Socialization.- 10.5 Cultural Homogenization.- 10.6 Summing Up.- 11 Consciousness.- 11.1 Distinctions.- 11.2 Definitions.- 11.3 Applications.- 11.4 Hypotheses.- 11.5 Experimental Tests.- 11.6 Summing Up.- 12 Psychotechnology.- 12.1 Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry.- 12.2 Educational Psychology.- 12.3 Industrial and Organizational Psychology.- 12.4 Designing Cultures.- 12.5 The Goals of Psychotechnology.- 12.6 Summing Up.- VI Conclusion.- 13 Concluding Remarks.- 13.1 Reduction.- 13.2 Integration.- 13.3 Explanation.- 13.4 Prospects.- 13.5 Philosophical Harvest.- 13.6 Summing Up.- References.- Name Index.

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