Clinical psychology and the philosophy of science
Is psychology really a science? If it is not a science as physics or chemistry is, can it be a science of another kind? Does the discipline play by valid scientific rules? Can we prove this? These questions have been debated for over a century, and clear-cut answers have yet to find consensus. Propo...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer
2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009468985706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Problems of the Philosophy of Science and Clinical Psychology
- Special Topic: The relationship between the history of science and the philosophy of science
- Epistemology and Logical Positivism
- Special Topic I: Logical Positivism and Radical Behaviorism
- Special Topic II: Epistemic and Philosophical Problems of the APA’s Ethical Code 61
- Popper: Conjectures and Refutations
- Special Topic I: Three Other Key Evolutionary Epistemologists: Campbell, Quine and Skinner
- Special Topic II: Popper’s Political Philosophy
- The Spell of Kuhn on Psychology
- Four Other Major Philosophers of Science
- Special Topic: A Fifth Account of Science: The B.F. Skinner’s Indigenous, Behavioral Account of Science
- Post-Modernism, Social Constructionist, and the Science Wars
- The Complexity of Science Studies: Multiple Perspectives on a Human.