Empiricism and the foundations of psychology / John-Michael Kuczynski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuczynski, John-Michael.

Series:

Advances in Consciousness Research

Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Psychology.

Empiricism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intended for philosophically minded psychologists and psychologically 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,

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613906786

9781283594332

1283594331

9789027273857

9027273855

OCLC:

810317580