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The Nature of Psychological Explanation

Author : Robert Cummins
Publisher : Bradford Books
ISBN 13 : 9780262530651
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Psychological Explanation written by Robert Cummins and published by Bradford Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In exploring the nature of psychological explanation, this book looks at how psychologists theorize about the human ability to calculate, to speak a language and the like. It shows how good theorizing explains or tries to explain such abilities as perception and cognition. It recasts the familiar explanations of "intelligence" and "cognitive capacity" as put forward by philosophers such as Fodor, Dennett, and others in terms of a theory of explanation that makes established doctrine more intelligible to professionals and their students.In particular, the book shows that vestigial adherence to the positivists' D-N model has distorted the view of philosophers of science about what psychologists (and biologists) do and has masked the real nature of explanation. Major sections in the book cover Analysis and Subsumption; Functional Analysis; Understanding Cognitive Capacities; and Historical Reflections.Robert Cummins is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. A Bradford Book.

The Nature of Psychological Explanation. [Mit Skizz.]

Author : Robert Cummins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Psychological Explanation. [Mit Skizz.] written by Robert Cummins and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nature of Explanation

Author : K. J. W. Craik
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521094450
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Explanation written by K. J. W. Craik and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1967-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his only complete work of any length, Kenneth Craik considers thought as a term for the conscious working of a highly complex machine.

The Nature of Psychology

Author : Kenneth J. W. Craik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521047544
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Psychology written by Kenneth J. W. Craik and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of papers from Kenneth Craik, explores the measurement of perception, sensory physiology and the relationship of nervous function to machines.

Time and Psychological Explanation

Author : Brent D. Slife
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791414705
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Time and Psychological Explanation written by Brent D. Slife and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-07-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology has been captured by an assumption that is almost totally unrecognized. This assumptionthe linearity of timeunduly restricts theory and therapy, yet this restriction is so common, so customary, that it is often completely ignored. This book traces the influence of this assumption and reveals the many overlooked anomalies to its dominance. Slife describes the many findings and explanations that are incompatible with linear time in several psychological specialties. He contends that these unnoticed anomalies point to alternative conceptions of time that offer innovative ideas for psychological explanation and treatment.

The Nature of Commonsense Psychological Explanation

Author : Michael Sean Crawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Commonsense Psychological Explanation written by Michael Sean Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Explanation and Experiment in Social Psychological Science

Author : John D. Greenwood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461388015
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Book Synopsis Explanation and Experiment in Social Psychological Science by : John D. Greenwood

Download or read book Explanation and Experiment in Social Psychological Science written by John D. Greenwood and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about explanation and experiment in a science of human action. It aims to provide a philosophy of social psychological science that both embodies sound principles of scientific reasoning and is sensitive to the social psychological dimensions of human action. The guiding principle of this book is the belief that the logical forms of causal explanation and experimental evaluation can be ef fectively employed in the scientific analysis of meaningful human action. According to most accounts, social psychological science has been in a more or less constant state of crisis for the past decades, having been subject to a host of criticisms on moral, political, methodological, and philosophical grounds. Many of these critiques have been directed against the still dominant conception of social psychological enquiry as a causal and objective scientific discipline that is closely analogous to (if not to be identified as a branch ot) the natural sciences. Thus, many of the most vigorous debates have concerned the nature of explanation and the utility of experimentation in a social psychological discipline.

On Psychological Language

Author : Graham Richards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000377202
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book On Psychological Language written by Graham Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989, On Psychological Language and the Physiomorphic Basis of Human Nature was written to provide a new and controversial analysis of the nature of psychological language. The book argues that psychological concepts of all kinds are ultimately derived from concepts about the external world, so that ‘human nature’ is nothing more than ‘internalized Nature’. It draws attention to problems regarding the nature of linguistic reference, and puts forward a route for considering human psychological evolution, raising questions about the nature of psychology as a discipline and its relationship with the physical sciences. This ‘physiomorphic theory’ challenged ways of thinking about psychological language at the time of original publication. Interdisciplinary in its approach, On Psychological Language and the Physiomorphic Basis of Human Nature has enduring relevance for those with an interest in psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and linguistics.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

Author : Sarah Robins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134155786
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology written by Sarah Robins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts: I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology II. Psychological explanation III. Cognition and representation IV. The biological basis of psychology V. Perceptual experience VI. Personhood The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality. Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

Folk Psychological Narratives

Author : Daniel D. Hutto
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262263173
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Folk Psychological Narratives written by Daniel D. Hutto and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that challenges the dominant "theory theory" and simulation theory approaches to folk psychology by claiming that our everyday understanding of intentional actions done for reasons is acquired by exposure to and engaging in specific kinds of narratives. Established wisdom in cognitive science holds that the everyday folk psychological abilities of humans—our capacity to understand intentional actions performed for reasons—are inherited from our evolutionary forebears. In Folk Psychological Narratives, Daniel Hutto challenges this view (held in somewhat different forms by the two dominant approaches, "theory theory" and simulation theory) and argues for the sociocultural basis of this familiar ability. He makes a detailed case for the idea that the way we make sense of intentional actions essentially involves the construction of narratives about particular persons. Moreover he argues that children acquire this practical skill only by being exposed to and engaging in a distinctive kind of narrative practice. Hutto calls this developmental proposal the narrative practice hypothesis (NPH). Its core claim is that direct encounters with stories about persons who act for reasons (that is, folk psychological narratives) supply children with both the basic structure of folk psychology and the norm-governed possibilities for wielding it in practice. In making a strong case for the as yet underexamined idea that our understanding of reasons may be socioculturally grounded, Hutto not only advances and explicates the claims of the NPH, but he also challenges certain widely held assumptions. In this way, Folk Psychological Narratives both clears conceptual space around the dominant approaches for an alternative and offers a groundbreaking proposal.

The Nature of Theory and Research in Social Psychology

Author : Clyde Hendrick
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483260895
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Theory and Research in Social Psychology written by Clyde Hendrick and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nature of Theory and Research in Social Psychology aims to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a solid foundation in the logic of theory construction and the experimental method; and to teach students how to read, critically evaluate, and appreciate professional literature in the behavioral sciences. The book is believed to be unique in this latter respect and that it will serve a vital need in several different courses. The book is organized into two parts. Part I contains a detailed exposition of the nature of theory and research. It discusses the nature of formal theory, derivation of hypotheses, and the testing of hypotheses. It explicates in great detail the experimental approach to hypothesis testing. Both formal and informal aspects of a psychological experiment are discussed. Part II includes five chapters that enable students to put their analytical skills to use. Five substantive areas from social psychology have been selected. Each chapter includes three reprinted journal articles, and the chapter may be considered a ""case study"" in the analysis of experimental research in a given problem area. The following topics are covered in this section: dissonance and disconfirmed expectancies; dissonance and severity of initiation, primary-recency in personality impression formation, forewarning and anticipatory attitude change, and dependency and helping.

The Experience of Nature

Author : Rachel Kaplan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521349390
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book The Experience of Nature written by Rachel Kaplan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nature and Psychology

Author : Anne R. Schutte
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030690202
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Nature and Psychology written by Anne R. Schutte and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is comprised of contributions to the 67th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, which brought together various research disciplines such as psychology, education, health sciences, natural resources, environmental studies to investigate the ways in which nature influences cognition, health, human behavior, and well-being. The symposium is positioned to explore two proposed mechanisms in the most depth: 1) the psycho-evolutionary theory of stress recovery and 2) Attention Restoration Theory. The contributions in the volume represent research guided by both of these posited mechanisms, rigorously examine these theories and processes, and share methodological innovations that can be utilized across programs of research. This volume will be of great interest to researchers on natural environments, practitioners and clinicians working with an environmental lens at the intersection of psychology, social work, education and the health sciences, as well as researchers and students in environmental and conservation psychology. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

The WEIRDest People in the World

Author : Joseph Henrich
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374710457
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The WEIRDest People in the World written by Joseph Henrich and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 A Bloomberg Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020 A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2020 A Human Behavior & Evolution Society Must-Read Popular Evolution Book of 2020 A bold, epic account of how the co-evolution of psychology and culture created the peculiar Western mind that has profoundly shaped the modern world. Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. If so, you’re rather psychologically peculiar. Unlike much of the world today, and most people who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, self-obsessed, control-oriented, nonconformist, and analytical. They focus on themselves—their attributes, accomplishments, and aspirations—over their relationships and social roles. How did WEIRD populations become so psychologically distinct? What role did these psychological differences play in the industrial revolution and the global expansion of Europe during the last few centuries? In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich draws on cutting-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology to explore these questions and more. He illuminates the origins and evolution of family structures, marriage, and religion, and the profound impact these cultural transformations had on human psychology. Mapping these shifts through ancient history and late antiquity, Henrich reveals that the most fundamental institutions of kinship and marriage changed dramatically under pressure from the Roman Catholic Church. It was these changes that gave rise to the WEIRD psychology that would coevolve with impersonal markets, occupational specialization, and free competition—laying the foundation for the modern world. Provocative and engaging in both its broad scope and its surprising details, The WEIRDest People in the World explores how culture, institutions, and psychology shape one another, and explains what this means for both our most personal sense of who we are as individuals and also the large-scale social, political, and economic forces that drive human history. Includes black-and-white illustrations.

Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science

Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080466621
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-10-23 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology is the study of thinking, and cognitive science is the interdisciplinary investigation of mind and intelligence that also includes philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. In these investigations, many philosophical issues arise concerning methods and central concepts. The Handbook of Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science contains 16 essays by leading philosophers of science that illuminate the nature of the theories and explanations used in the investigation of minds. Topics discussed include representation, mechanisms, reduction, perception, consciousness, language, emotions, neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology. Comprehensive coverage of philosophy of psychology and cognitive science Distinguished contributors: leading philosophers in this area Contributions closely tied to relevant scientific research

The Foundations of Psychological Theory

Author : Robert E. Lana
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000767396
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Foundations of Psychological Theory written by Robert E. Lana and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the previous decade, Robert E. Lana had attempted to understand the enterprise of psychology as a totality. Such an attempt was unpopular in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s but had become increasingly more popular to psychologists in the 1970s. After considerable study, he became convinced that the twin vehicles for such a task were the history of the field and the epistemological contexts into which psychological theories fit. Originally published in 1976, the initial chapters in this volume are devoted to explaining, through history, the major epistemological ideas either implicit or explicit in modern psychological theory. Later chapters are studies of the epistemological contexts that, in part, yield modern psychological theory.

A Theory of Understanding

Author : David Chart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351734512
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book A Theory of Understanding written by David Chart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000. Philosophers have been greatly concerned with the nature of explanation, but no account has been fully satisfactory within science or plausible in the wider world. The author asserts that this is due to a misplaced focus and that instead of focusing on explanation, philosophers should consider understanding. This work outlines his theory and defends it against some objections. Attempts to understand understanding can become self-referential, but the book is intended to enable readers to build a good mental model of the author's theory.