Richard Kitchener & William T. O′Donohue 
The Philosophy of Psychology 

This major text provides the first comprehensive anthology of the key topics arising in the philosophy of psychology. Bringing together internationally renowned authors, including Herb Simon, Karl Pribram, Joseph Rychlak, Ullin T Place and Adolf Gr[um]unbaum, this volume offers a stimulating and informative addition to contemporary debate.

With the cognitive revolution of the 1960s, there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of the philosophical assumptions and implications of psychology. Several significant themes, such as the foundations of knowledge, behaviourism, rationality, emotion and cognitive science span both philosophy and psychology, and are covered here along with a wide range of issues in the fields of folk psychology, clinical psychology, neurophysiology and professional ethics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY

Naturalism and the Abandonment of Normativity – Harvey Siegel

Psychology, Naturalized Epistemology and Rationality – Harold I Brown

Social Epistemology and Psychology – Steve Fuller

Psychology of Science – Michael E Gorman

Genetic Epistemology and Cognitive Psychology of Science – Richard F Kitchener

PART TWO: BEHAVIORISM, PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY

Behaviorism as Opposition to Cartesianism – Max Hocutt

Quine′s Behaviorism – Roger F Gibson

Skinner′s Theory of Theories – Richard F Kitchener

Linguistic Behaviorism as a Philosophy of Empirical Science – Ullin T Place

Skinner′s Case for Radical Behaviorism – Richard Garrett

Must Behavior Be Mechanistic? Modeling Nonmachines – Joseph F Rychlak

PART THREE: COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY

Computational Theories of Cognition – Herbert A Simon

Troubles with Computationalism – Mark H Bickhard

Toward a Naturalized Cognitive Science – C A Hooker

A Framework for Cooperation between Philosophy and the Natural Sciences of Intelligent Systems

Neurobehavioral Science, Neuropsychology and the Philosophy of Mind – Karl H Pribram

Typical Emotions – Aaron Ben-Ze′ev

[ITAL]`Folk Psychology′ and Its Implications for Psychological Science

Introduction – Ullin T Place

The Falsity of Folk Theories – Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford

Implications for Psychology and Philosophy

Does Science Underwrite Our Folk Psychology? – Barry C Smith

Folk Psychology from the Standpoint of Conceptual Analysis – Ullin T Place

On the Necessary Survival of Folk Psychology – Graham Richards

Folk Psychology and Its Implications for Cognitive Science – Elizabeth R Valentine

Discussion

PART FOUR: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY

Is Psychoanalysis Viable? – Adolf Gr[um]unbaum

The Value of Psychoanalytic Therapy – Edward Erwin

A Question of Standards

What Is an Irrational Belief? Rational-Emotive Therapy and Accounts of Rationality – William O′Donohue and Jason S Vass

PART FIVE: ETHICS AND PSYCHOLOGY

The Formation and Transformation of Values – Hugh Lacey and Barry Schwartz

Prescriptions for Responsible Psychiatry – Joseph Agassi

The Behavior Therapist′s Dilemma – Jon Ringen

Reflections on Autonomy, Informed Consent and Scientific Psychology

Professional Codes of Ethics and Ongoing Moral Problems in Psychology – Karen Strohm Kitchener

A Critical Examination of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct – William O′Donohue and Richard Mangold

Über den Autor

William T. O’Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of psychology and adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Nevada, Reno, and a faculty member of the National Judicial College. He is widely recognized in the field for his proposed innovations in mental health service delivery, in treatment design and evaluation, and in knowledge of empirically supported cognitive behavioral therapies. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement for Behavior Therapy and served on the Board of Directors of this organization. Dr. O’Donohue has published over 50 books and 150 articles in scholarly journals and book chapters. For the past 14 years, he has been director of a free clinic that treats children who have been sexually abused and adults who have been sexually assaulted.