Empiricism and the foundations of psychology
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Advances in Consciousness Research
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798338906719 |
| 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, |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283594332 9786613906786 9789027273857 |
