Psychologies of mind : the collected papers of John Maze / edited by Rachael Henry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maze, J. R., 1923-2008.

Contributor:

Henry, Rachael M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Maze was a giant among philosophers of psychology. This exciting, new collection of his published work demonstrates that what is seemingly new in psychology is so often not new at all but frequently consists of ill-informed corruptions of earlier, discarded, misguided attempts. Their collection together is timely in the current, innovatory era of cross-disciplinary exploration and integration on the borderlands of psychology and philosophy, where there is a visible danger that the welcome loosening of barriers to mutual communication also generates some 'wild' theorizing, familiar enough

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part One: The concept of motivation; Part Two: Epistemology and the nature of cognition; Part Three: Psychoanalytic metapsychology; Part Four: Psychoanalytic readings of literature, history and art; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-87363-6

9786612873638

1-4411-2610-4

OCLC:

676697441