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1 online resource (203 pages) |
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Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Part 1 ; 1. Unity of method ; 2. Unity of language ; Jerry Fodor's Language of Thought ; Rudolph Carnap's outlook; 3. Unity of laws: the issue of the reduction between theories ; Formal aspects of reduction; Non-formal aspects of reduction; Reasons for the linguistic turn and its relevance for the issue of the unity of science; 4. Unity of object ; Rudolf Carnap's nominalism; Brian Ellis' essentialism; John Dupré's promiscuous realism; Part 2 |
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5. Evidence of fragmentation in psychology The development of psychology and grounds of fragmentation; Psychology's two cultures; Different kinds of fragmentation; Part 3 ; 6. Five proposals of unification for psychology ; Gregory Kimble's functional behaviorism; What kind of psychology is suited to Kimble's functional behaviorism?; 7. Arthur Staats' psychological behaviorism ; What kind of psychology is suited to Staats' psychological behaviorism?; 8. Gregg Henriques' unified theory of psychology ; What kind of psychology is suited to Henriques' unified theory of psychology? |
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9. Norman Anderson's information integration theory (IIT) What kind of psychology is suited to Anderson's IIT?; 10. The unified psychology of Robert Sternberg and colleagues ; What kind of psychology is suited to Sternberg and colleagues' unified psychology?; Part 4 ; 11. A fragmented clinical psychology ; Two definitions of clinical psychology; Part 5 ; 12. A theoretical and empirical discipline: psychology as a science and as a profession ; Premise; Theoretical background: emotions and their social display; The local culture; Language and local culture; Emotional analysis of texts |
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Introduction to the present researchSubjects and procedures; Results; The clusters and their meanings; Discussion: some remarks on the clusters and the factors; 13. Conclusions ; Appendix ; Index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
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Psychology -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317313489 |
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1317313488 |
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9781317313472 |
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131731347X |
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9781138118904 |
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1138118907 |
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9781138118911 |
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1138118915 |
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