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Using clear and detailed case studies and drawing on up-to-date empirical research, it examines perception and action, the link between attention and consciousness, the modularity of mind, how we understand other minds, and the influence of language on thought, as well as the relationships among mind, brain, body, and world.
Aug 13, 2024 · This book presents an original and accessible analysis of the relationship between commonsense, or "folk," psychology and contemporary scientific psychology, focusing on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our commonsense self-image.
Jun 1, 2020 · Introduction to Psychology utilizes the dual theme of behavior and empiricism to make psychology relevant to intro students. The author wrote this book to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level.
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- Philosophy of science
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List of figures List of boxes Preface Acknowledgements
Logical positivism and Popper’s falsificationism Kuhn and scienti c revolutions fi Lakatos and Feyerabend: research programmes and anarchism
The sheer amount of information available to today’s psychology student, and the ease with which that information can be obtained, is greater than it has ever been in the past. Though this is no doubt a blessing, it is not without its dangers. In particular, it is easy for the student to become bogged down in a mass of facts and details with little...
The book, as mentioned above, grew out of my undergraduate teaching, and so is aimed at undergraduate psychology students, though I hope that postgraduate students would also nd something of value in it. I have tried to write the book as fi clearly as possible, but it is inevitable that some technical terms will feature in the text. Where these occ...
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Explain what psychology is and how it developed. Describe six contemporary approaches to psychology. Describe two movements that reflect a positive approach to psychology. Evaluate careers and areas of specialization in psychology. Apply some strategies that will help you succeed in psychology.
The value of philosophical questions and critical thinking for understanding the history and philosophy of psychology. Four interrelated themes that summarize the main issues discussed in this chapter: multiple psychologies, reflexive historiography, intersubjective science, and critical thinking. Part 1.
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May 24, 2018 · An overview of several key issues in philosophy of psychology, organized around the interface between commonsense (person-level) explanation and scientific (subpersonal) explanation. Botterill, George, and Peter Carruthers.
