| Description |
xiii, 413 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Philosophical issues in science |
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Philosophical issues in science.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. A social history of psychological knowledge: the controversy over thought psychology in Germany, 1900-20. 1. The Wurzburgers. 2. Friends and foes. 3. Recluse or drillmaster versus interlocutor and interrogator. 4. Purist versus promiscuist. 5. Collectivist versus individualist. 6. Protestant versus Catholic. 7. Conclusions -- Pt. II. The sociophilosophy of folk psychology. 8. The folk psychology debate. 9. Folk psychology as a social institution |
| Summary |
Psychologists and philosophers have assumed that psychological knowledge is knowledge about, and held by, the individual mind. Psychological Knowledge challenges these views. It argues that bodies of psychological knowledge are social institutions like money or the monarchy, and that mental states are social artefacts like coins or crowns. Psychological Knowledge is both an introduction to the workings of constructivism as well as an insightful exploration of the history of psychology and the recent developments in philosophy of the mind |
| Notes |
First published in paperback 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-404) and index |
| Subject |
Philosophy of mind.
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Psychology -- History.
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Psychology -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
98035091 |
| ISBN |
0415192536 |
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