| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 911 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Philosophy of history and culture ; v. 30
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Philosophy of history and culture ; v. 30.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The Nature and Context of Realism -- 1. Realism and the state of theory in psychology / A. Petocz -- 2. Essays in realism: Analysis and discussion / A. Petocz -- 3. Anderson's development of (situational) realism and its bearing on psychology today / F.J. Hibberd -- pt. 2 From Philosophy to Psychology -- 4. The knower and the known / J. Anderson -- 5. The concept of attitude / J.R. Maze -- 6. Drives and consummatory actions / J.R. Maze -- 7. Maze's direct realism and the character of cognition / J. Michell -- pt. 3 Critiques and Developments -- 8."Out there", not "in here": A Realist account of concepts / T. McMullen -- 9. Representationism, realism and the redundancy of 'mentalese' / J.R. Maze -- 10. Constructivism, direct realism and the nature of error / A. Rantzen -- 11. Concept, class, and category in the tradition of Aristotle / J.P. Sutcliffe -- 12. Normal science, pathological science and psychometrics / J. Michell -- 13. Social constructionism, deconstructionism and some requirements of discourse / J.R. Maze -- 14. Reply to Gergen / F.J. Hibberd -- 15. On some accounts of meaning and their problems / N. Mackay -- 16. Why psychology has neglected symbolism and what a realist approach can offer / A. Petocz -- 17.A new psychology-the metaphysical and the mundane / P. Bell -- 18. The place of qualitative research in psychology / J. Michell -- 19. Science, meaning and the scientist-practitioner model of treatment / A. Petocz -- 20. Addressing mental plurality: justification, objections and logical requirements of strongly partitive accounts of mind / S. Boag -- 21. Rezoning pleasure: Drives and affects in personality theory / D. McIlwain -- 22.A realist account of mental causation / S. Medlow -- 23. Drive theory reconsidered (again!) / G. Newbery. |
| Summary |
A "collection of new, published and revised essays on the place and value of scientific realism in psychology"--P, [4] of ocver. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cognition.
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Cognition. |
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Psychology.
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Psychology. |
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Realism.
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Realism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mackay, Nigel.
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Petocz, Agnes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789004188877 (DLC) 2010048118 (OCoLC)688559405 |
| ISBN |
9789004194878 (electronic book) |
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9004194878 (electronic book) |
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9789004188877 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004188878 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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