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Unity and Fragmentation in Psychology
The Philosophical and Methodological Roots of the Discipline
Author: Gaj Nicolò
Language: EnglishSubject for Unity and Fragmentation in Psychology:
Keywords
Vice Versa; unification; Animal Kingdom; Ernest Nagel; Common Language; Higher Social Influence; Psychological Science; Anderson’s IIT; Non-reductive Physicalism; Formal Unification; Elena Grigorenko; Dense; Radical Behavioristic Perspective; Dense Words; IIT; Clinical Practice; Non-formal Aspects; Neo-positivistic Movement; Chi2 Values; Promiscuous Realism; Collusive Processes; Anderson’s Proposal; Carnap's View; ECUs; Secondary Theory; Unified Positivism; Super Bowl Ticket
Publication date: 03-2016
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 03-2016
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
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Psychology has always defined itself as a science and yet it has lacked the theoretical and methodological unity regarded as characteristic of the natural sciences. Nicolò Gaj explores the topical question of unification in psychology, setting out a conceptual framework for considerations of unity and disunity, and exploring the evidence of its fragmentation. He takes a critical look at the history of the most prominent attempts at unification, and at the desirability and feasibility of the whole project. The book represents a unique and valuable attempt to address the issue of unification from a philosophical perspective, and via a combination of theoretical and empirical research.
Chapter 1: Unity of Method
Chapter 2: Unity of Language
Chapter 3: Unity of Laws
Chapter 4: Unity of Objects
Chapter 5: Evidence of Fragmentation in Psychology
Chapters 6: Introduction to the Section
Chapter 7: Gregory Kimble’s Functional Behaviorism (FB)
Chapter 8: Arthut Staats’ Psychological Behaviorism
Chapter 9: Gregg Henriques’ Unified Theory of Psychology
Chapter 10: Norman Anderson’s Information Integration Theory
Chapter 11: Robert Sternberg and colleagues’ Unified Psychology
Chapter 12: A Fragmented Clinical Psychology
Chapter 13: Empirical Research: Psychology as a Science and as a Profession
Chapter 14: Conclusions
Nicolò Gaj is a clinical psychologist at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan and member of the Research Unit for Philosophical Psychology at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy.
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