The Routledge companion to philosophy of psychology / edited by John Symons and Paco Calvo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Symons, John (John Francis)

Calvo, Paco

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Routledge philosophy companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Philosophy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

xxii, 678 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Summary:

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 organized into six clear parts:

historical background to the philosophy of psychology

psychological explanation

cognition and representation

the biological basis of psychology

perceptual experience

personhood.

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Historical background to the philosophy of psychology 1

1 Rationalist roots of modern psychology / Gary Hatfield Hatfield, Gary 3

2 Empiricist roots of modern psychology / Raymond Martin Martin, Raymond 21

3 Early experimental psychology / Alan Kim Kim, Alan 41

4 Freud and the unconscious / Edward Erwin Erwin, Edward 59

5 The early history of the quale and its relation to the senses / Brian L. Keeley Keeley, Brian L. 71

6 Behaviourism / David Braddon-Mitchell Braddon-Mitchell, David 90

7 Cognitivism / Alan Garnham Garnham, Alan 99

Part II Psychological explanation 111

8 What is psychological explanation? / William Bechtel Bechtel, William, Cory D. Wright Wright, Cory D. 113

9 Is folk psychology a theory? / Ian Ravenscroft Ravenscroft, Ian 131

10 Computational functionalism / Thomas W. Polger Polger, Thomas W. 148

11 The interface between psychology and neuroscience / Valerie Gray Hardcastle Hardcastle, Valerie Gray 164

12 Connectionism / Amanda J. C. Sharkey Sharkey, Amanda J. C., Noel Sharkey Sharkey, Noel 180

13 Embodied cognition and the extended mind / Fred Adams Adams, Fred, Ken Aizawa Aizawa, Ken 193

14 Conceptual problems in statistics, testing and experimentation / David Danks Danks, David, Frederick Eberhardt Eberhardt, Frederick 214

Part III Cognition and representation 231

15 Problems of representation I: nature and role / Dan Ryder Ryder, Dan 233

16 Problems of representation II: naturalizing content / Dan Ryder Ryder, Dan 251

17 The language of thought / Susan Schneider Schneider, Susan 280

18 Modularity / Verena Gottschling Gottschling, Verena 296

19 Nativism / Richard Samuels Samuels, Richard 322

20 Memory / Mark Rowlands Rowlands, Mark 336

21 Interactivism / Mark Bickhard Bickhard, Mark 346

22 The propositional imagination / Shaun Nichols Nichols, Shaun 360

Part IV The biological basis of psychology 371

23 Representation and the brain / Arthur B. Markman Markman, Arthur B. 373

24 Levels of mechanisms: a field guide to the hierarchical structure of the world / Carl F. Craver Craver, Carl F. 387

25 Cellular and subcellular neuroscience / John Bickle Bickle, John 400

26 Evolutionary models in psychology / Michael Wheeler Wheeler, Michael 416

27 Development and learning / Aarre Laakso Laakso, Aarre 430

28 Understanding embodied cognition through dynamical systems thinking / Gregor Schöner Schöner, Gregor, Hendrik Reimann Reimann, Hendrik 450

Part V Perceptual experience 475

29 Consciousness / Tim Bayne Bayne, Tim 477

30 Attention / Christopher Mole Mole, Christopher 495

31 Introspection / Jordi Fernández Fernández, Jordi 509

32 Dreaming / John Sutton Sutton, John 522

33 Emotion / Anthony P. Atkinson Atkinson, Anthony P. 543

34 Vision / Valtteri Arstila Arstila, Valtteri 556

35 Color / Jonathan Cohen Cohen, Jonathan 568

36 Audition / Casey O'callaghan O'callaghan, Casey 579

37 The temporal content of perceptual experience / Rick Grush Grush, Rick 592

Part VI Personhood 607

38 Action and mind / Alfred R. Mele Mele, Alfred R. 609

39 Moral judgment / Jennifer Nado Nado, Jennifer, Daniel Kelly Kelly, Daniel, Stephen Stich Stich, Stephen 621

40 Personal identity / Marya Schechtman Schechtman, Marya 634

41 The name and nature of confabulation / William Hirstein Hirstein, William 647

42 Buddhist persons and eudaimonia^Buddha / Owen Flanagan Flanagan, Owen 659.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

0415396328

9780415396325

OCLC:

244339567

Publisher Number:

99943844288