Critical realism for psychologists / David Pilgrim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pilgrim, David, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research.

Psychology.

Critical realism.

Psychology and philosophy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2020.

Contents:

1 The utility of critical realism p. 1

2 The limits of naive realism p. 15

3 The limits of postmodernism p. 32

4 Do we exist as individuals? p. 49

5 Does the brain cause behaviour? p. 64

6 Does life flow on within you and without you? p. 76

7 Is child sexual abuse a moral panic? p. 87

8 How do we know if a person has been tortured? p. 99

9 Why do we protest (sometimes)? p. 111

10 How has psychiatric diagnosis both failed and survived? p. 129

11 Why was psychoanalysis marginalised? p. 143

12 The possibility of a critical realist human science p. 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [180]-198) and index.

ISBN:

9780367223588

0367223589

9780367223564

0367223562

OCLC:

1111238670