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Kuczynski John-Michael |
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Empiricism and the foundations of psychology [[electronic resource] /] / John-Michael Kuczynski |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-59433-1 |
9786613906786 |
90-272-7385-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (485 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; ; v. 87 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consciousness |
Psychology |
Empiricism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Empiricism and the Foundations of Psychology; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Part I; Chapter 1. Introduction: Empiricism and scientism; Chapter 2. A dogmatic statement of the problems with empiricism; Chapter 3. Empiricism's blindness to the non-spatiotemporal; Chapter 4. Wittgenstein on meaning: Part 1- the picture-theory; Chapter 5. Wittgenstein on meaning: Part 2 - meaning as use; Chapter 6. Some consequences of the empiricism-driven conflation of analytic with introspective know; Chapter 7. Subpersonal mentation |
Chapter 8. Empiricist conceptions of causation and explanationChapter 9. Skepticism about induction and about perception; Chapter 10. Emotion as belief; Chapter 11. Desires, intentions, and values; Chapter 12. Actions vs. reactions, desires vs. urges; Chapter 13. Moral and aesthetic nihilism as embodiments of false theories of rationality and selfhoo; Chapter 14. The cognitive and characterological consequences of linguistic competence; Chapter 15. Rationality and internal conflict; Chapter 16. Sociopathy, psychopathy, and criminality; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Intended for philosophically minded psychologists and psychologically |
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minded philosophers, this book identifies the ways that psychology has hobbled itself by adhering too strictly to empiricism, this being the doctrine that all knowledge is observation-based. In the first part of this two-part work, we show that empiricism is false. In the second part, we identify the psychology-relevant consequences of this fact. Five of these are of special importance: (i) Whereas some psychopathologies (e.g. obsessive-compulsive disorder) corrupt the activity mediated by one's psychological architecture, |
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